|
Recently, great fanfare was made over the discovery that a human fetus in the womb can actually hear, and can distinguish it's mother's voice. There is still much controversy in the medical field over exactly what a fetus can hear, or how clearly it can distinguish sounds.
|
janeand6-ivil.tripod.com/id14.html
|
|
|
|
Whether or not a fetus can taste, there's little question that it can hear. A very premature baby entering the world at 24 or 25 weeks responds to the sounds around it, observes Als, ... When the fetus is forced to see too much too soon, says Als, the accelerated stimulation may lead to aberrations of brain development.
|
www.leaderu.com/orgs/tul/psychtoday9809.html
|
|
|
The personal web log of a web site builder and designer ... The fetus can indeed hear sounds from the womb now and can even be startled by loud noises. The din of everyday life is normally fine for developing fetuses, and helps to introduce them to the world in which they will live.
|
mattndiane.com/blog/2006/10/03/now-the-fetus-can-hear-s...
mattndiane.com/blog/2006/10/03/now-the-fetus-can-hear-sounds-week-18/
|
|
Article outlining your baby's growth and development before birth. ... The fetus can be seen sucking its thumb on an ultrasound. Soon the fetus begins to hear the mother's heartbeat and voice. The fetus wakes and sleeps. Lanugo, the fine hair covering the fetal body, appears. Some small amounts of scalp hair also begin to grow.
|
www.expectantmothersguide.com/library/chicago/fetalgrow...
www.expectantmothersguide.com/library/chicago/fetalgrowth.htm
|
|
At week can a fetus hear sounds? Can a three month old fetus hear? How soon can the fetus hear sounds? When can the fetus hear noise or mom? Can five month gestational fetus hear? At what age does a fetus start to hear?
|
wiki.answers.com/Q/When_can_a_fetus_hear_sounds
wiki.answers.com/Q/When_can_a_fetus_hear_sounds
|
|
The placenta began to form as soon as the blastocyst burrowed into the mother's uterus, ... The outer ear quickly takes shape, but the fetus can't hear yet. Sound conduction relies on the tiny bones of the inner ear, and most of the bones in the fetus start out as cartilage. By the fourth month, hard bone can be seen forming...
|
www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/transcripts/2816miracle.html
|
|
Even if you've already seen the embryo on an ultrasound, there's something about that steady little drumbeat that makes you realize that you really, truly are going to have a baby soon. Here is some information about when you would expect to hear the baby's heart beating and what those sounds mean.
|
www.drspock.com/article/0,1510,9851,00.html
|
|
If using only a traditional stethoscope, you will need to wait until around week 20 to be able to hear the baby's heartbeat -- and still it might be very difficult to find. You will also need to distinguish between the fetus' rapid heartbeat and mom's much slower rhythm.
|
pregnancyandbaby.sheknows.com/pregnancy/Detailed/How-ea...
pregnancyandbaby.sheknows.com/pregnancy/Detailed/How-early-can-you-hear-your-babys-heartbeat-5996.htm
|
|
