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Brett Guthrie: “If a newborn child, even if it is healthy, put them in a room where they couldn't hear, by the time they were 3, they…”

On the recordJune 24, 2015
If a newborn child, even if it is healthy, put them in a room where they couldn't hear, by the time they were 3, they would never be able to develop the proper speech patterns.
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Brett Guthrie
Republican · Kentucky

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Guthrie highlights the critical importance of early auditory exposure for speech development.

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