1Associate Professor, Department of Speech and Hearing, School of Allied Health Sciences
2Post Graduate, Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
3Assistant Professor-Selection Grade, Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore
4Assistant Professor-Selection Grade, Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, Manipal, Karnataka, India
Crying is the only communication means that the baby has in the first month of life. It is expected that some aspects of the infant cry sound can be directly related to neurological deficits or damage, as well as to genetic anomalies and respiratory problems. Assessment of infant cry is a powerful screening tool to evaluate the neurological status of the newborn within its early biosocial context. However, till date it is not clear how acoustic analysis of cry using the Multi-Dimensional Voice Program (MDVP) will serve as a marker in differentiating the normal cry from the abnormal cry especially when birth cry is analysed for the purpose.
Birth cry, Acoustic Analysis, MDVP, Normal and Abnormal Cry
