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A focus on vowels in young human infants and animals: early sensitivities in language processing

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Review highlights early vowel sensitivities in language processing in infants and nonhuman animals, suggesting biological links.

Infants show a preference for vowel sounds early in life, focusing on these over consonants.
Nonhuman animals also display a similar tendency to prioritize vowels for sound sequence identification.
This emphasis on vowels may relate to their more salient acoustic properties compared to consonants.
Findings suggest an evolutionary basis for vowel sensitivity in both infants and nonhuman animals.

Benavides‐Varela et al. (2025) studied this question.

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