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Infant Behavior and Development

Volume 19, Issue 4, October–December 1996, Pages 497-500
Infant Behavior and Development

Cry analysis detects subclinical effects of prenatal alcohol exposure in newborn infants

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Abstract

The threshold, latency, and peak fundamental frequency (basic pitch) of crying were sensitive to the subclinical effects of prenatal alcohol exposure through the first month of postnatal life. Whereas infants with prenatal alcohol exposure showed a lower cry pitch and higher cry threshold at 2 days of age, higher pitched cries, typical of nervous system insult, were evident at 14 and 28 days. A longer latency was also evident at 14 days.

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Portions of this article were presented a the biennial meeting of the Society for Research in Child Development, Indianapolis, IN, 1995.

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