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>> new research is showing it's not just cute but essential for your little one's speech development. here's abc's linsey davis. >> hello, mikey. do you know who i am? >> reporter: just like in the movie "look who's talking," we've all spoken in this high-pitched, highly exaggerated language known as baby talk or parentese. >> oh, yeah, she's gone. >> reporter: a new study shows our babies may be benefitting from all that babbling. according to researchers at the university of washington in seattle, dolling out the da, da, das may improve speech development. even if they can't talk back yet. >...

Conversation with each other in their baby language. what were they saying? here is cnn's jeanne moos. >> reporter: if you haven't heard the talking twin babies by now, you haven't been listening. >> dada. >> reporter: their mom put the video on her blog and it ended up on youtube and now these two raised baby talk to an art. but now talk has turned to what they are saying. >> they are not really saying anything. they are just babbling. they are imitating each other. >> reporter: dr. harriet kline is an expert in speech development. most people seem to think the kids were talking about socks. ...

They're saying. >> they're not really saying anything, they're just babbling. >> ba ba ba ba ba ba. >> they're imitating each other. one is perpetuating the babbling in the other. >> reporter: dr. harriet klein is a leader in speech development. those who aren't have been providing their own subtitles. >> most people think they're talking about socks. >> ba ba ba ba ba. pa ba ba ba ba ba. >> reporter: maybe they were talking about current events, a certain snake escape. >> ba ba ba ba ba ba. ba ba ba ba ba ba ba. >> reporter: others seem disturbed by the babbling. >> whoooo. >> reporter: there...

Is an expert in speech development but those who respect are supplying their own subtitles. most people seem to think they were talking about socks. >> da, da, da. >> ah, da, da, da. >> ah. >> da, da, da. >> reporter: or maybe they were talking about current events, a certain snake escape. >> da, da. >> da, da, da. >> ah, da, da. >> reporter: others seemed disturbed by the babbling. [ dog howling ] >> reporter: there have been cases of twins who did seem to develop their own private lingo. there was a documentary made about twins in california who spoke their own language until the age of 8 or...