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...some ways the exaggerated, vowel-rich sounds of Parentese appear to resemble the choice morsels fed to hatchlings by adult birds. The University of Washington's Patricia Kuhl and her colleagues have conditioned dozens of newborns to turn their heads when they detect the ee sound emitted by American parents, vs. the eu favored by doting Swedes. Very young babies, says Kuhl, invariably perceive slight variations in pronunciation as totally different sounds. But by the age of six months, American babies no longer react when they hear variants of ee, and Swedish babies have become impervious to differences...
Experts say that how well incentives pay off depends on how shrewdly local politicians weigh the costs and benefits. "Incentives shouldn't be a one-size-fits-all deal," says Ken Kuhl, manager of Arthur Andersen's business-relocation service in Atlanta. "What's outrageous for one community may be perfectly reasonable for another." The trouble comes when politicians get caught up in battles with rival cities and states and frantically hurl money at corporations...
This difference in perception might just be critical, says University of Washington neuroscientist Patricia Kuhl. For it is during the first year of life that children form what Kuhl terms "mental magnets," which sweep up similar-sounding speech sounds and file them away in phonic bins. If language-impaired children never perceive ba and da as different, then they may form mental magnets that file these sounds into the same broad category, seriously undermining their ability to group sounds into words and sentences later on. Indeed, believes Benasich, the ability to make fine acoustic distinctions is one of the pilings...
...language impairment could turn out to be more correctable than poor hearing or poor eyesight. They point out that the earphones that transmit the exaggerated speech sounds to children's ears in the lab are only temporary aids. "When you take off eyeglasses, you can't see," observes Kuhl. "But when you take off these funny-looking earphones, then you might just proceed to understanding normal speech...
...Juan Bautista the 125-year-old home of restaurant consultant Becky McGovern is situated only 100 ft. from the San Andreas fault. Although it bounced "from one side to the other," the house did not fall down. At Mariposa House Restaurant in the same town, owner Barbara Kuhl said her building "did the Shimmy, Shimmy Ko-Ko Bop, but we didn't lose a thing." Her porch, however, had "gone out to meet two little old ladies" arriving for dinner...