Analysis of the sounds of the child in the first year of age and a comparison to the language

Early Human Development

Volumn 75, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 55-69

  Rothgänger, Hartmut ^a  

^a HUMBOLDT UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Acoustic; Babbling; Cry; Development; Duration; Fundamental frequency; Standardised fundamental frequency

Indexed keywords

AGITATION; ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; EMOTIONAL DISORDER; FEMALE; FREQUENCY DISCRIMINATION; HUMAN; HUNGER; INDIVIDUALITY; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; LANGUAGE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NEWBORN; ONTOGENY; PAIN; SOUND; TAPE RECORDER;

EID: 0344494567     PISSN: 03783782     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.earlhumdev.2003.09.003     Document Type: Article

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