Original Research Article
Year: 2019 | Month: November | Volume: 9 | Issue: 11 | Pages: 179-187
Analysis of Cry of Infants with Asphyxia
Meghashree1, Dr. N. P. Nataraja2
1Ph.D. Research Scholar, JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.
2Director & Professor, Department of Speech Language Pathology, JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysuru, Karnataka, India.
Corresponding Author: Meghashree
ABSTRACT
Cry samples of 160 infants, that is, 31 infants with asphyxia, 29 low birth weight infants with asphyxia and 100 normal infants were analyzed, using PRAAT software, to extract the acoustic, temporal and spectral parameters. Results showed significant differences between cries of infants with asphyxia and normal infants in terms of latency and flat melody type. Similarly, the cries of infants with asphyxia and low birth weight infants with asphyxia had significant differences in latency, the average duration of cry, number of shifts, and raising melody type. Significant differences between cries of low birth weight infants with asphyxia and normal infants were observed in number of voice breaks, and rising-falling melody type. It has been concluded that the acoustic, temporal and spectral parameters analyzed have been useful in differentiating the cries of infants with history of asphyxia and thus has clinical utility.
Key words: Infants, cry, acoustic, asphyxia and low birth weight.