Summary of John Colapinto's This Is the Voice

Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 The first experiments in fetal hearing were conducted in the early 1920s. By around twenty-eight weeks’ gestation, the fetus can detect sounds. The mother’s voice is especially important for this learning, as it is felt as vibrations against the body. #2 The ability to hear speech in the womb is limited, and the uterine wall muffles voices into an indistinct rumble that allows only the rises and falls of emoti