How do infants learn speech through their sensations? Research found that not only the auditory information is involved in the learning process, the visual information from the mouth also plays a critical role.
Infants were found to shift their attention from a speaker’s eyes to the mouth between 4 and 8 months of age, the period when they start imitating speech-like syllables. This focus on the mouth provides them with multi-sensory input. When they look at the mouth while hearing at the same time, the information from two sources help them learn better how to use their mouths to produce sounds.
嬰兒是如何透過他們的感官學習說話？研究發現，嬰兒不單止透過「聽」來學習，他們還會利用視覺來學習別人的口部如何郁動。在4至8個月大時，當嬰兒開始模仿音節的時候，他們會將注意力從別人的眼睛轉移到口部。當他們耳聽著聲音、眼看著口形時，兩個的感官資訊來源能有助他們更好地學習說話。
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Lewkowicz, D. J., & Hansen-Tift, A. M. (2012). Infants deploy selective attention to the mouth of a talking face when learning speech. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, 109(5), 1431-1436.
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