Sounds good

Jennie Lindon
Wednesday, March 5, 2003

Babies and toddlers don't need to be stimulated into awareness of different sounds, just left to hear them naturally, says Jennie Lindon. Research into early brain development tells us that babies' brains are well able to learn from sound as well as sight. In fact, the areas of the brain relating to sound and sight are already working before birth. But, of course, the task for babies and very young children is to make sense of all the sounds.