Lauren G Lee, Michael P Robb, Kathleen Wermke, Philip J Schluter
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Abstract
Cry melody serves as a platform for the eventual development of expressive language. Complex melodic structures exist in the naturally occurring, discomfort cries of healthy term infants as young as 2-mos of age. To date, no study has analyzed the influence of distress on complexity of cry melody. The purpose of this study was to determine whether the distress cries produced across a group of 11 healthy 2-mos-old infants contained a comparable amount of complexity as spontaneous cries at that age. Results indicated a low occurrence of complex melody in distress cries at the age of 2 mos compared to past reports for same-aged infants producing non-distress spontaneous cries. Cries judged to be reflective of low distress were generally found to have a more complex melody. Collectively, the present study supports the hypothesis that complexity of cry melody is reduced in distress-elicited crying.
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Published since 1947, ''Folia Phoniatrica et Logopaedica'' provides a forum for international research on the anatomy, physiology, and pathology of structures of the speech, language, and hearing mechanisms. Original papers published in this journal report new findings on basic function, assessment, management, and test development in communication sciences and disorders, as well as experiments designed to test specific theories of speech, language, and hearing function. Review papers of high quality are also welcomed.
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