Phonetics and Speech Sciences (말소리와 음성과학)
- Volume 2 Issue 2
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- Pages.37-42
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- 2010
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- 2005-8063(pISSN)
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- 2586-5854(eISSN)
Acoustic and Physiological Characteristics of Pre-term and Full-term Infants' Cries
미숙아와 만삭아 울음의 음향 및 생리학적 특성
- Received : 2010.04.30
- Accepted : 2010.06.16
- Published : 2010.06.30
Abstract
The purpose of this study is to first discriminate and assess those infants who appear healthy in appearance but who could face possible risk factors in the future and, secondly, to identify those infants who may have difficulties in their developmental stages. The subjects of this study consisted of 35 full-term infants (39-40 weeks) and 33 pre-term infants (34-35 weeks). The infants' voices were recorded for three minutes, for which EDIROL by Roland and a stand-type microphone made by SONY were used. This was done to discern the value of the Breath unit (B-unit) and the fundamental frequencies (