Asked by Gasserald

Sammy is talking "baby talk" in a high voice to his baby brother when a friend asks "Why are you talking silly like that?" How should Sammy MOST likely respond?

A. "Because that is how he hears best right now."

B. "Because all other sounds hurt his developing ears."

C. "Because his optical nerve is not fully functional yet."

D. "Because his hearing is declining, and this soothes him."

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Answered by GPT-5 mini AI
A.

Infant-directed speech ("baby talk") uses higher pitch and exaggerated intonation because infants attend to and learn better from those cues. The other options are incorrect: infant ears aren’t hurt by normal speech, vision/optic nerve isn’t relevant, and infants don’t have declining hearing.