Spectrum analysis of cry sounds in preterm and full-term infants

Li Mei Chen; Yu Hsuan Yang; Chyi Her Lin; Yuh Jyh Lin; Yung Chieh Lin

Spectrum analysis of cry sounds in preterm and full-term infants

Li Mei Chen, Yu Hsuan Yang, Chyi Her Lin, Yuh Jyh Lin, Yung Chieh Lin

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Abstract

Long-time average spectrum (LTAS) was used to analyze the cry phonations of 26 infants under four months old; 16 of them are full-term and the other 10 infants are preterm. The results of first spectral peak, mean spectral energy, spectral tilt, high frequency energy were used to compare the cry phonatory between full-term and preterm infants. In addition, cry duration and percent phonation is also compared. According to previous studies, full-term and preterm infants' crying behavior show significant differences because immature neurological development of preterm infants. Major findings in this study are: (1) There was no significant difference in unedited cry phonation across groups; (2) There was no significant difference in percent phonation across groups; (3) There was no significant difference in first spectral peak across groups, and no significant difference within groups could be found. However, full-term infants have higher first spectral peak than that of preterm infants; (4) There was no significant difference in mean spectral energy across groups, yet there was a significant main effect for partition; (5) There was no significant difference in spectral tilt across groups. Post hoc comparisons identified higher spectral tilt in P2 than in P3 in the full-term infants; (6) There was no significant difference in high frequency energy across groups. Significant differences were observed across partition, and in both groups, P1 had higher HFE than P3. The differences in the measures of crying behavior between full-term and preterm infants can help to estimate health condition of infants who are under 4 months old.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, ROCLING 2014
Editors	Chia-Hui Chang, Hsin-Min Wang, Jen-Tzung Chien, Hung-Yu Kao, Shih-Hung Wu
Publisher	The Association for Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing (ACLCLP)
Pages	193-203
Number of pages	11
ISBN (Electronic)	9789573079279
Publication status	Published - 2014 Sep 1
Event	26th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, ROCLING 2014 - Zhongli, Taiwan Duration: 2014 Sep 25 → 2014 Sep 26

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Name	Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, ROCLING 2014

Conference

Conference	26th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, ROCLING 2014
Country	Taiwan
City	Zhongli
Period	14-09-25 → 14-09-26

All Science Journal Classification (ASJC) codes

Speech and Hearing
Language and Linguistics

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Chen, L. M., Yang, Y. H., Lin, C. H., Lin, Y. J., & Lin, Y. C. (2014). Spectrum analysis of cry sounds in preterm and full-term infants. In C-H. Chang, H-M. Wang, J-T. Chien, H-Y. Kao, & S-H. Wu (Eds.), Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, ROCLING 2014 (pp. 193-203). (Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, ROCLING 2014). The Association for Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing (ACLCLP).

Chen, Li Mei ; Yang, Yu Hsuan ; Lin, Chyi Her ; Lin, Yuh Jyh ; Lin, Yung Chieh. / Spectrum analysis of cry sounds in preterm and full-term infants. Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, ROCLING 2014. editor / Chia-Hui Chang ; Hsin-Min Wang ; Jen-Tzung Chien ; Hung-Yu Kao ; Shih-Hung Wu. The Association for Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing (ACLCLP), 2014. pp. 193-203 (Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, ROCLING 2014).

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Chen, LM, Yang, YH, Lin, CH, Lin, YJ & Lin, YC 2014, Spectrum analysis of cry sounds in preterm and full-term infants. in C-H Chang, H-M Wang, J-T Chien, H-Y Kao & S-H Wu (eds), Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, ROCLING 2014. Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, ROCLING 2014, The Association for Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing (ACLCLP), pp. 193-203, 26th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, ROCLING 2014, Zhongli, Taiwan, 14-09-25.

Spectrum analysis of cry sounds in preterm and full-term infants. / Chen, Li Mei; Yang, Yu Hsuan; Lin, Chyi Her; Lin, Yuh Jyh ; Lin, Yung Chieh.

Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, ROCLING 2014. ed. / Chia-Hui Chang; Hsin-Min Wang; Jen-Tzung Chien; Hung-Yu Kao; Shih-Hung Wu. The Association for Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing (ACLCLP), 2014. p. 193-203 (Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, ROCLING 2014).

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Chen LM, Yang YH, Lin CH, Lin YJ , Lin YC. Spectrum analysis of cry sounds in preterm and full-term infants. In Chang C-H, Wang H-M, Chien J-T, Kao H-Y, Wu S-H, editors, Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, ROCLING 2014. The Association for Computational Linguistics and Chinese Language Processing (ACLCLP). 2014. p. 193-203. (Proceedings of the 26th Conference on Computational Linguistics and Speech Processing, ROCLING 2014).