Why and how should we study infant cry?
The study of the acoustics of infants' vocalizations has important implications for the study of infant development and for clinical prediction. We suggest procedures that enhance the probability of discriminating among sub-glottal, periglottal, and supraglottal sites of pathology, With these procedures, then, it should become possible to contribute to diagnosis and therefore to treatment.
Gopal
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Department of Speech and Hearing Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara 93106-7050.
Gerber
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D000162:Acoustics; D003448:Crying / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D007223:Infant; D007231:Infant, Newborn / Q000502:physiology*; D007232:Infant, Newborn, Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D007818:Laryngeal Diseases / Q000175:diagnosis / Q000503:physiopathology; D007830:Larynx / Q000033:anatomy & histology; D013018:Sound Spectrography; D014833:Voice Quality / Q000502:physiology