When can the baby hear?

I was just wondering when the baby can start to hear.

Re: When can the baby hear?

I could be wrong...but, I think it's around 20-23 weeks...

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i get weekley updates in my email from a preggo website and it just said this past week (im 21) that baby can now hear and recognize familiar voices and get startled by loud sounds

Re: When can the baby hear?

Re: When can the baby hear?

i think that they maybe can but now the ear is completley formed so its probobally just more clear to them.....i know startled so sad i think the thing that upsets me the most is that is says baby actually cries in there , poor thing!!!

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I watched this great show on discovery I think called "in the womb" it explains everything about the different stages-it is really interesting. If you have tivo search for it and record it. From what I understood-babies can hear about 16 wks. They hear deep voices and the bass notes inmusic. Since their mothers voices are heard directly through the body her voice is most recognizable immediately after birth

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Week Twenty
You're half way there!
The rapid growth stage is about over. While things have slowed down, this next stage is vital to survival.
The baby's heart grows stronger. Find a quiet place, lay flat on your back. Locate your own heartbeat by finding your pulse. Next lay your hand on your belly. You may be able to distinguish the two heartbeats!
His legs are reaching their relative size. With the increase muscle develop occurring as well, you will start feeling much more than tiny flutter kicks soon!
Immunities are being transferred from you to your baby now. These immune cells will protect her from viruses you've already had for up to six months after birth!
The nerve cells for taste, smell, hearing, seeing, and touch are now developing in specialized areas of the brain. Production slows down as existing nerve cells grow larger and make more complex connections.
Your baby may startle in reaction to loud sounds. Amazingly, she can actually hear noises outside of the womb. Familiar voices, music, and sounds that baby becomes accustomed to during her development stages often are calming after birth.
If your baby is a girl, her uterus is starting to develop. She has approximately six million eggs in her ovaries. About one million will remain at birth.
Length is now measured crown to heel.
Baby is about 6.46 inches (16.4cm) and weighs around 10.58 ounces (300g).
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Re: When can the baby hear?

Week Fifteen
You may begin to feel some fluttering movements as baby kicks, flails, twists and turns (but don't panic if you don't yet). She can also grasp, squint, frown, grimace and maybe **** her thumb!
Your baby's legs have grown longer than the arms and the body is now longer than the head.
And you'll be happy to note that he is moving those arms and legs often!
His skin is very thin -- so thin blood vessel are visible. It's covered by a fine, soft layer of hair called lanugo. Lanugo comes from a Latin word meaning "down." This hair is thought to help insulate your little boy.
The three tiny bones in his middle ear have begun to harden. The auditory centers in your baby's brain haven't developed yet, so she might not really understand what you say but her hearing capacity is in the process of developing.
Fingernails and toenails are growing.
Eyebrows are beginning to grow and even the hair his head is sprouting. It will probably change color and texture after birth.
All this and your little one is an amazing 3.98 inches (10.1cm) long and may weigh 2.47 ounces (70gm).
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