What makes a cry a cry? A review of infant distress vocalizations

Automatic infant cry detection

cry detection can be defined as a procedure where the voiced crying sounds are selected from the recording. the most difficult part of the cry detection is to recognize the inspiratory sounds and separate them from the voiced sounds. in addition, sound recordings may come from different places and recorded with several devices, in this way the method of the cry detection has to be universal. au...

Cry, Baby, Cry: Expression of Distress As a Biomarker and Modulator in Autism Spectrum Disorder

Background: Early diagnosis of autism spectrum disorder is critical, because early intensive treatment greatly improves its prognosis. Methods: We review studies that examined vocalizations of infants with autism spectrum disorder and mouse models of autism spectrum disorder as a potential means to identify autism spectrum disorder before the symptomatic elements of autism spectrum disorder eme...

A Database of Infant Cry Sounds to Study the Likely Cause of Cry

Infant cry is a mode of communication, for interacting and drawing attention. The infants cry due to physiological, emotional or some ailment reasons. Cry involves high pitch changes in the signal. In this paper we describe an ‘Infant Cry Sounds Database’ (ICSD), collected especially for the study of likely cause of an infant’s cry. The database consists of infant cry sounds due to six causes: ...

A Cry from Kenya

A Hybrid System for Automatic Infant Cry Recognition I

Crying in babies is a primary communication function, governed directly by the brain; any alteration on the normal functioning of the babies’ body is reflected in the cry (Wasz-Höckert, et al, 1968). Based on the information contained in the cry’s wave, the infant’s physical state can be determined; and even pathologies in very early stages of life detected (Wasz-Höckert, et al, 1970). To perfo...