# Pre-Natal Hearing Study:  Beware of cold microphones, ladies!

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**Created:** [October 8, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-natal-hearing-study-beware-of-cold-microphones-ladies/733922 "2015-10-08T14:16:17Z")\
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**Post date:** [October 8, 2015, 2:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pre-natal-hearing-study-beware-of-cold-microphones-ladies/733922/1 "2015-10-08T14:16:17Z")

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> **[Video shows babies 'SINGING' in the womb](https://www.dailymail.co.uk/health/article-3264023/Amazing-video-shows-babies-SINGING-womb-Foetus-hear-music-early-16-weeks-respond-moving-mouths-tongues.html)**
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> Scientists at the Institut Marques in Barcelona claim to have shown for the first time that unborn babies can hear by the time they reach 16 weeks gestation, and that they respond as if they're singing.

I heard this on BBC Newshour but found this link for this thread. A neonatalogy research group in Barcelona has confirmed that babies register hearing very early in the fetal stage - 16 weeks. If you scroll down, you will see a review of the study where they show how this positioned the microphone. The women who volunteered certainly put up with a lot.

As for the study itself - I find the science fascinating, but also assume it will be used in the context of women’s rights issues. So it goes.