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Babies can hear before they are born. In fact, research says that babies begin to hear around the twentieth week and by birth, can recognize the sound of their parents' voices and the cadence of a book read aloud during pregnancy. Babies are born already learning the nuances of speech and language and developing the building blocks of social connections. When a baby is born with hearing loss, they are delayed in not only speech and language acquisition but in the crucial elements of connecting emotionally with his or her caregivers. Early detection through newborn hearing screening is crucial to decreasing the effect of hearing loss on development.