Managing infants who cry persistently.

Managing infants who cry excessively in the first few months of life.

Analysis of Cry in New Born Infants

The acoustic analysis of infant cry is used to deduce information on the state of health of new-born babies as well as of children a few weeks old. Crying is the first tool of communication for an infant. These cries seem to be uniform, but there are a lot of differences between two infant‟s cries. Infant cry characteristics reflect the development and possibly the integrity of the central nerv...

Efficacy of cromoglycate in persistently wheezing infants.

A prospective study was undertaken to evaluate the efficacy of (sodium) cromoglycate in the treatment of persistent wheezing in 31 children between 4 and 12 months of age. The subjects were randomised to receive either 40 mg of cromoglycate (n = 16) or physiological saline as placebo (n = 15) three times a day by wet nebulisation in a double blind fashion for a period of six weeks. The patients...

Cry threshold predicts regulatory disorder in newborn infants.

Studied the autonomic regulation of 37 infants with a typical cry threshold and 17 infants with a high cry threshold (typical of problems in nervous system function). Infants with a high cry threshold had a longer latency to cry, a shorter first cry sound, and a shorter overall bout of crying. Spectrum analysis of 2 hours of heart rate variability showed that a high cry threshold was predictive...

Automatic Classification of the Cry of Infants with Cleft Palate

It is well known that the cry sound produced by an infant conveys information concerning the infant’s health or needs. In this paper, an Hidden Markov Model (HMM) based system for classification and monitoring of infants cry is presented. Classification tests among seven infants with cleft palate, with/without a palatal plate were performed in three forms: (1) age and subject dependent (2) age ...