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This is slightly too early for most infants to be able to recognise words in speech. At four-months-old, they have only just begun to make associations between facial movements and sounds.
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Four-months-old
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By 12-months-old, infants will be learning how to produce sounds and 'rehearsing' different noises. They will have been able to recognise words in speech for some months already.
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12-months-old
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This is too early in development for infants to recognise words in speech. From newborn to this time, infants are expected to be responsive to human voices.
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Two-months-old
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This is the age at which infants are typically able to recognise words in speech.
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Six-months-old
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It is expected for infants reaching milestones at a normal pace to be speaking at 18-months, and so they would have been recognising words in speech for many months by this point.
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18-months-old
Concept
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Developmental milestones
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Paediatrics
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At what age are infants expected to be able to recognise words in the speech of those around them?
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