Atypical Cry Acoustics in 6-Month-Old Infants at Risk for Autism Spectrum Disorder

Autism Research

Volumn 5, Issue 5, 2012, Pages 331-339

  Sheinkopf, Stephen J ^a   Iverson, Jana M ^b   Rinaldi, Melissa L ^a   Lester, Barry M ^a  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF PITTSBURGH SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic analysis; Autism; Cry; Infancy; Vocalizations

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTIC ANALYSIS; AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUTISM; CLINICAL ARTICLE; COGNITION; COMPUTER PROGRAM; CONTROLLED STUDY; CRYING; FEMALE; HIGH RISK INFANT; HUMAN; INFANT; MALE; PAIN; PHONATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECORDING; VIDEORECORDING; VOCALIZATION; VOICE;

ACOUSTICS; CHILD DEVELOPMENT DISORDERS, PERVASIVE; CRYING; FEMALE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT BEHAVIOR; MALE; PAIN; PHONATION; RISK ASSESSMENT; SOUND SPECTROGRAPHY;

EID: 84867678376     PISSN: 19393792     EISSN: 19393806     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/aur.1244     Document Type: Article

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