Other early sensual contacts between infant and mother involve sound and smell. Nurses should be aware that, despite what folk wisdom may say:
a. High-pitched voices irritate newborns.
b. Infants can learn to distinguish their mother's voice from others soon after birth.
c. All babies in the hospital smell alike.
d. A mother's breast milk has no distinctive odor.
ANS: B
Infants know the sound of their mother's voice early. Infants respond positively to high-pitched voices. Each infant has a unique odor. Infants quickly learn to distinguish the odor of their mother's breast milk.
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