Babies babble in sign language too
That's the headline from this New Scientist article.
"Babies exposed to sign language babble with their hands, even if they are not deaf. The finding supports the idea that human infants have an innate sensitivity to the rhythm of language and engage it however they can, the researchers who made the discovery claim."
Yeah. What they said. That's all the more reason for learning sign so you can communicate quicker with your babies; and maybe they'll just clench their hands when they want milk instead of screaming.
But what about this extreme medical "solution" to deafness. Who would want a brainstem implant?! Well, don't throw stones in glass houses, right. Could just as easily say who wants a cochlear implant?!
huh.
"Babies exposed to sign language babble with their hands, even if they are not deaf. The finding supports the idea that human infants have an innate sensitivity to the rhythm of language and engage it however they can, the researchers who made the discovery claim."
Yeah. What they said. That's all the more reason for learning sign so you can communicate quicker with your babies; and maybe they'll just clench their hands when they want milk instead of screaming.
But what about this extreme medical "solution" to deafness. Who would want a brainstem implant?! Well, don't throw stones in glass houses, right. Could just as easily say who wants a cochlear implant?!
huh.
posted by oga at
2:12 PM
