CRY ANALYSIS DETECTS SUBCLINICAL EFFECTS OF PRENATAL ALCOHOL EXPOSUREIN NEWBORN-INFANTS

Authors
ZESKIND PS PLATZMAN K COLES CD SCHUETZE PA
Citation
Ps. Zeskind et al., CRY ANALYSIS DETECTS SUBCLINICAL EFFECTS OF PRENATAL ALCOHOL EXPOSUREIN NEWBORN-INFANTS, Infant behavior & development, 19(4), 1996, pp. 497-500
Citations number
19
Categorie Soggetti
Psychology, Developmental
Journal title
Infant behavior & development → ACNP
ISSN journal
01636383
Volume
19
Issue
4
Year of publication
1996
Pages
497 - 500
Database
ISI
SICI code
0163-6383(1996)19:4<497:CADSEO>2.0.ZU;2-Z
Abstract
The threshold, latency, and peak fundamental frequency (basic pitch) o f crying were sensitive to the subclinical effects of prenatal alcohol exposure through the first month of postnatal life. Whereas infants w ith prenatal alcohol exposure showed a lower cry pitch and higher cry threshold at 2 days of age, higher pitched cries, typical of nervous s ystem insult, were evident at 14 and 28 days. A longer latency was als o evident at 14 days.