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Monday, November 23, 2009

Photo: Bilingual Babies Get Head Start -- Before They Can Talk


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Even before they can babble a single word, babies in bilingual households may get a head start in life, according to an April 2009 study.

Rather than being confused, infants that heard multiple languages seemed better able to process sound cues than their monolingual contemporaries.

Photograph courtesy Rebecca Hale