The voice in children It is an aspect to consider in its development. We must not forget that one of the important characteristics that defines us is our ability to communicate through a linguistic system; For this we use the air as a means to transmit the messages and the voice as the channel that passes through it.
Already at six months of pregnancy, the fetus has developed the sense of hearing, being able to distinguish more intensely the mother's voice than other sounds in her environment.
The baby begins communication with the exchange of looks with different vocalizations. The discovery of the action that the voice has on the other is an advance that sets the communicative value that sound productions possess. Whether crying, babble or purring, the baby perceives that they are the trigger for an interaction with the adult. That sound that comes out of your mouth and that you can control is a response trigger in the other. The baby discovers the power of the voice.
In the first months of life the baby learns to identify the contents of the voice of his parents and to load his first vocalizations with messages. Thus, parents interpret them and give them content, giving the baby a speaker's role.
With its use, the baby discriminates the communicative burden that his voice carries, even without saying words as such. Thanks to the bell and intonation, he understands the communicative intentions of the person he is with and discovers different moods. Thus, she learns to use those marks in her own voice, so the mother also recognizes in her voalizations the intentions and states of the baby.
You have to keep in mind that the voice is an identity tool. The child becomes aware of his voice rather than his image. Some time later, the child knows that he is differentiated from other people by his voice, and it acquires a unique and personal value.
The baby discovers his voice and plays with it; soon distinguish the voices of one and the other (for example, the voice of a stranger does not serve to calm hunger or sleep, while the mother's voice is the cure for great evils) The voice informs who we are and how we are .
Oral expression is one of the unique characteristics of humans. We can represent, establish contact, express emotions and feelings ... An important part of the expressive message is in the voice. The tone, intensity, timbre or the melody that each message carries are contained in themselves.
There are voices that make you feel good and others that, on the contrary, make you feel nervous; The voice can generate moods in the listener, whether adult or baby. If the effect is pleasant it facilitates the interpersonal relationship. But, if it is not, it can generate rejection and / or discomfort. Therefore, the voice can be, in part, the source of relationship difficulties.
The voice is present before birth, forming us as beings that communicate and express our feelings and emotions. The voice configures us, identifies, expresses and channels our messages, creates moods. For all this, we must not forget that the voice in children It is more than air that leaves them and allows us to understand if they want to eat or if they have seen a dog.
