The melody of crying

International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology

Volumn 71, Issue 11, 2007, Pages 1699-1708

  Várallyay Jr , György ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Acoustics; Fundamental frequency; Hearing impairment; Infant cry; Melody analysis

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDITORY SCREENING; COMPUTER ANALYSIS; CRYING; FEMALE; HEARING; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; INFANT; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SIGNAL PROCESSING;

CRYING; FEMALE; HEARING DISORDERS; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; MALE; NEONATAL SCREENING; SIGNAL PROCESSING, COMPUTER-ASSISTED; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY; TIME FACTORS;

EID: 35248869708     PISSN: 01655876     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijporl.2007.07.005     Document Type: Article

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