Thirty newborns, in a quiet alertness state during a 2’ baseline, were randomly assigned to three groups (10 newborns each): Group1: no-tactile-communication; Group2: 8’ continuous-tactile-communication; Group3: 8’ discontinuous-communication. After the baseline (Group1) and 6’ after the communication (Groups 2-3) the newborns were presented two different stimuli: a plastic 3-dimentional face and then a square, 12’ each. During the continuous-communication an observer, from the rear of the cradle, presented the newborn his/her finger, making little finger movements co-occurring with the pressure’s variations of the newborn’s palm grasping his/her finger. The discontinuous-communication was identical but with a discontinuous timing. The duration of every cry ≥4” occurring during the stimuli presentation was coded. For the 10 newborns showing at least one cry ≥10” during the presentation both of the face and the square, we calculated: 1)the percentage of the dysphonic cry on the first 10” of these 20 cries; 2)the same percentage on the last cry (not over the eighth one) ≥10”; 3)the anger’s level of 12 cries ≥20” <30” on a 7-points scale. Results: 1)a significant effect of communication (absent vs continuous) on the quantity of crying for the 10 newborns showing at least one cry during the presentation both of the face and the square; 2)a significant effect of communication on the percentage of dysphonic cry (p<.001) on the first cry; 3) a significant effect of the communication on the percentage of dysphonic cry also on the last cry (p <.01); 4) a significant effect (p< .05) of communication on the cries’ anger’s level. It seems that in newborns a continuous tactile communication, compared to the absence of communication, may steadily change the quality of the subsequent cries (less dysphonic and less angry), independently from the stimulus, although the presence of stimuli may elicit crying.

Effects of the communication on the newborn’s cry / Cecchini, Marco; Lai, Carlo; Langher, Viviana. - STAMPA. - (2004), pp. 1-5. (Intervento presentato al convegno 2nd International Interdisciplinary Conference on Fundamental and Applied Aspects of Speech and Language 29 November – 1 December 2004 -Belgrade, Serbia and Montenegro, Speech and Language 2004 tenutosi a Belgrade nel 29 Novembre 1 Dicembre 2004).

Effects of the communication on the newborn’s cry

CECCHINI, Marco;LAI, CARLO;LANGHER, Viviana
2004

Abstract

Thirty newborns, in a quiet alertness state during a 2’ baseline, were randomly assigned to three groups (10 newborns each): Group1: no-tactile-communication; Group2: 8’ continuous-tactile-communication; Group3: 8’ discontinuous-communication. After the baseline (Group1) and 6’ after the communication (Groups 2-3) the newborns were presented two different stimuli: a plastic 3-dimentional face and then a square, 12’ each. During the continuous-communication an observer, from the rear of the cradle, presented the newborn his/her finger, making little finger movements co-occurring with the pressure’s variations of the newborn’s palm grasping his/her finger. The discontinuous-communication was identical but with a discontinuous timing. The duration of every cry ≥4” occurring during the stimuli presentation was coded. For the 10 newborns showing at least one cry ≥10” during the presentation both of the face and the square, we calculated: 1)the percentage of the dysphonic cry on the first 10” of these 20 cries; 2)the same percentage on the last cry (not over the eighth one) ≥10”; 3)the anger’s level of 12 cries ≥20” <30” on a 7-points scale. Results: 1)a significant effect of communication (absent vs continuous) on the quantity of crying for the 10 newborns showing at least one cry during the presentation both of the face and the square; 2)a significant effect of communication on the percentage of dysphonic cry (p<.001) on the first cry; 3) a significant effect of the communication on the percentage of dysphonic cry also on the last cry (p <.01); 4) a significant effect (p< .05) of communication on the cries’ anger’s level. It seems that in newborns a continuous tactile communication, compared to the absence of communication, may steadily change the quality of the subsequent cries (less dysphonic and less angry), independently from the stimulus, although the presence of stimuli may elicit crying.
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