Non-speakers would find it extremely difficult to accurately distinguish unfamiliar sounds used in these languages.

Phonemic awareness (ability to distinguish and manipulate individual sounds of language)

Infants up to 10-12 months can distinguish not only native sounds but also nonnative contrasts.

Pitch Perfect, which quizzes players on distinguishing different sounds from one another.

Their sense of hearing is so acute that they can distinguish sounds at an incredible distance, which cannot be detected by a European at all.

Behind them he could distinguish other sounds, the distant scrunch of boots in icy gravel, a woman's voice.

Not long after the onset he was unable to distinguish individual sounds.

We cite the case of a deaf lady, who hasn't been able to distinguish sounds for many years.

His ears rang so from the shotgun that he couldn't distinguish sounds.

There is a long delay from starting to distinguish sounds to being able to use complete sentences.