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Hearing
Does anyone know at how many weeks pregnant the baby can hear whats going on in the outside world??? I'm just wondering this cause I go to a lot of concerts/shows and it tends to be realllllly loud. I try to sit down if I can and I avoid the area close to the stage, but no matter where I am its extremely loud.
found this on whattoexpect.com
A rockin' night on the town with friends and fun (alcohol-free, for you) can be a great way for a pregnancy woman to kick up her heels before your evenings (and every waking moment) become booked solid with diapers, nursing, and nurturing. But will the booming bass and screaming vocals be bad for the baby in utero? Probably not. At almost all concerts, the music won't be loud enough (or last long enough) to cause any damage to the fetus. Still, you might want to take a few precautions.
At about 24 weeks, your baby's outer, middle, and inner ear — including the cochlea, the snail-shell-shaped tube in the inner ear where vibrations are converted into the nerve impulses we perceive as sound — are well-developed. By 27 to 30 weeks, your baby's ear is mature enough to start to respond to the sounds that filter through to him or her. The sounds, of course, are muffled — and not just by the physical barrier of amniotic fluid and your own body. In his or her fluid-filled home, a baby's eardrum and middle ear can't do their normal job of amplifying sounds. So even sounds that are quite loud to you won't be for the fetus.
Of course, that's only true as long as the sounds aren't at the Def Leppard-level or don't last too long. A fetus' prolonged and repeated exposure to very loud noise — say, an eight-hour-a-day shift in an industrial workplace, where the sound level is more than 90 or 100 decibels (about the same as standing next to a loud lawnmower or a chain saw) — raises the odds of a baby suffering some hearing loss, especially at higher frequencies. Such prolonged noise exposure can also increase the risk of premature delivery and low-birth-weight babies. Extremely intense sound, 150 or 155 decibels (ever stand right next to a screaming jet engine?), can cause similar problems for the baby, although you'd have to sit in front row seats, next to the amps — and be at a really loud concert — to even get close to that intensity (you'll know because your own hearing will be fried).
If you still want to play it extra safe during your pregnancy, take a backseat. You'll enjoy the concert just as much from the middle of the amphitheater — or better yet, head back to the lawn seats — and you'll be certain the baby's ears are safe. As for music in your car, if you drive often and like your radio loud enough to shake other cars, you might want to turn it down a bit. Or wear headphones.
A rockin' night on the town with friends and fun (alcohol-free, for you) can be a great way for a pregnancy woman to kick up her heels before your evenings (and every waking moment) become booked solid with diapers, nursing, and nurturing. But will the booming bass and screaming vocals be bad for the baby in utero? Probably not. At almost all concerts, the music won't be loud enough (or last long enough) to cause any damage to the fetus. Still, you might want to take a few precautions.
At about 24 weeks, your baby's outer, middle, and inner ear — including the cochlea, the snail-shell-shaped tube in the inner ear where vibrations are converted into the nerve impulses we perceive as sound — are well-developed. By 27 to 30 weeks, your baby's ear is mature enough to start to respond to the sounds that filter through to him or her. The sounds, of course, are muffled — and not just by the physical barrier of amniotic fluid and your own body. In his or her fluid-filled home, a baby's eardrum and middle ear can't do their normal job of amplifying sounds. So even sounds that are quite loud to you won't be for the fetus.
Of course, that's only true as long as the sounds aren't at the Def Leppard-level or don't last too long. A fetus' prolonged and repeated exposure to very loud noise — say, an eight-hour-a-day shift in an industrial workplace, where the sound level is more than 90 or 100 decibels (about the same as standing next to a loud lawnmower or a chain saw) — raises the odds of a baby suffering some hearing loss, especially at higher frequencies. Such prolonged noise exposure can also increase the risk of premature delivery and low-birth-weight babies. Extremely intense sound, 150 or 155 decibels (ever stand right next to a screaming jet engine?), can cause similar problems for the baby, although you'd have to sit in front row seats, next to the amps — and be at a really loud concert — to even get close to that intensity (you'll know because your own hearing will be fried).
If you still want to play it extra safe during your pregnancy, take a backseat. You'll enjoy the concert just as much from the middle of the amphitheater — or better yet, head back to the lawn seats — and you'll be certain the baby's ears are safe. As for music in your car, if you drive often and like your radio loud enough to shake other cars, you might want to turn it down a bit. Or wear headphones.
aww....I just think that is so cute..that little baby in there so small at 18 weeks and being able to hear...how amazing is God! :)
I think its at about 25 weeks that the baby can start hearing external noise however it will be dull to them since they are inside you however if its VERY loud to you then it is probably too loud for baby.
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