Ok, it's proven that babies can hear sounds inside the womb, why would they need a silent birth?
365287
Scientologists believe that a silent birth is less traumatic for the baby. I think it's crap. A baby doesn't need silence when it is born. Think about how many children were born without a silent birth...don't you think that everyone would be in a crazy house if babies NEEDED a silent birth? That should tell them something. I can almost guarantee that not a one of them were born in silence. Did you know that they believe in aliens, too......
11380
It certainly makes sound. But, there is nobody to notice his sound. Sound is also a kind of energy. Whether someone noticed or not, it can not be destroyed.
59667
Yes it does. An upbeat melody causes an increase in the heart rate. Fetuses in the womb are also affected by music, because they can hear the music through the amniotic liquid. Classical music is very soothing to them, loud music can be very frightening or disturbing. This has been demonstrated on sonigrams.
149319
Yes.  Newborns do it all the time.
55246
They don't, the baby's lungs do net even develop fully nor are inflated until birth. The baby is encased in the uterus in amniotic fluid. The feotus is connected to the mother through the umbilical cord and both their respiratory and circulatory system are connected through a thin layer of membrane. This facilitates exchanges in nutrients, oxygen as well as carry away excretement and carbon dioxide via the mother. The first true breath a baby takes is at the moment of birth.
997346
See this all depends.... if this were in the philosophy section, then it could be debatable.  But alas- it's in the botany section, so yes- it does make a sound.  Friction is created as it falls through the air and hits the ground, and that friction causes soundwaves.  Whether someone is there or not is irrelevant.  Humans can only pick up on a certain range of decibels anyways.  That doesn't mean just because we can't hear it, it doens't make a sound.  It just means that we can't hear it.  People need to get unstuck from themselves and think outside the human box.  "If humans can't.... must not be possible."  Meh.
880138
the sounds of silence are the most interesting sounds that one can hear\nbecause when you haer silence you hear everything and nothing at the same time\nSILENCE can be stronger than anysounds or words that were ever made or spoken
93845
Why is it that no one asks about a life before birth? It makes just as much sense.
362600
because u need special cells for thet called germ cells. these cells present in foetus and help in develoing organs when it is in womb. besides that its not as easy. it will need lots of research work to do so.
6255
Absolutely Helpful - especially for those who are hearing impaired and people who care enough about the hearing impaired people in their lives to facilitate communication with them.  \n\nIn or Out?  Well, for those who rely upon it, that's not even a question really.  Sign-language is a necessity for many.  \n\nHOWEVER......\n\n"IN!" Would surely be the answer in many circle of new parents!   A LOT of people who have babies are using sign-language to be able to communicate with their lil ones long before the babies can begin to speak!  Baby Signs is the program I've heard most about (from the Ovusoft Forums); however, there are several programs available to teach your baby to sign (and, you will suddenly be "Sooooo IN" by the crowd who does that!  ;)
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Of course it does. Sound waves are generated, and just because there is no one to hear does not they don't exist.\n\nIf a bear poops in the woods and no one is there to smell it, does it still stink?
519370
Well. they are still sound and still have to comply with all the laws that apply to sound.\nThe reason we cannot hear them is our ears cannot pick up such high frequency sound.\nBats can hear ultrasound and this is probably why you never see bats in a hospital.. They wouldn't know which way to turn.\nBecause ultrasound has a short enough wavelength it is able to pass through certain things. This is because the wavelenth is of an order of magnitude similar to the molecular spacings in the object is is being "beamed" into.\n\nObviously they are absorbed by objects, like your internal organs otherwise they'd be of absolutely no use whatsoever for us.... When I say absporbtion I also mean reflection and refraction. \n\nThey can travel undeviated if the microwaves are collimated "turned into a focused beam" rather like X rays.
1007808
appart from the basics of hearing which i assume you understand, its all about learning and theories of learning. Albert Bandura surmised that people learn through imitation, so therefore infants watch intently and copy what we do. This includes vocalization. As infants become older they are able to learn new words and string them together.
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I think it's because when babies start "talking", the sounds are similar to the ones you listed.  My baby started saying mama eventhough I know she was too young to know it meant mother.  Babies don't have a language yet and they have their own sounds.  I would guess babies of all cultures sound alike.  Some mother (in her own country) long ago must have heard her baby crying and just used the sound it made to mean mother.
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I think it's best not to have preconceptions of child birth because what happens will happen and at the time all you will care about is meeting your child for the first time.  Pain is usually a worry when you don't know what is causing it or how to fix it.  In childbirth, you know there will be pain but you know why you are getting it and you also know that it will go away.  Once you look into your newborn's eyes you won't care a bit about how you feel.
656568
I've been wondering that too. If it was legal, I would do a controlled experiment with newborns, and having them grow up in a totally isolated home, away from the world and outside influences (including people)and and see if they feel the need for a higher being in their life, like if they naturally feel the presence of a God. Also to see if the child is naturally good or evil would be interesting (of course this depends on your definition of good and evil). Sure the fact that no human would ever have contact with them, ever, would really screw the kid up, but whatever.
61984
I believe this is natures way to get fresh air into the baby's lungs.  Also why doctors have been known to "spank the baby" to get it to cry.  Obviously, the baby has been drinking, eating, and "breathing" through the umbilical cord for the past 9 months and a breath of fresh air is just about the best thing for him/her.