Singing to babies is vital to help them learn language, say scientists

Study finds infants first understand language via rhythm and tone rather than individual sounds

A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P ... How many would read this to that tune?

According to scientists from the University of Cambridge, there's more to the earworm than infuriating parents across the English-speaking world - they have found that singsong speech is crucial to helping babies learn language.