Acoustic Analysis of the First Babies Crying in Delivery Room and Adaptation to Extra Uterine Life

Study Overview
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Brief Summary
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Interpreting the cry of new-borns is a real challenge not only for perinatal professionals but also for parents, who are confronted daily with those sounds. The description and the acoustic analysis of baby's cry can allow healthcare professionals to better adapt their care during the first months of life. Thanks to an objective analysis method as acoustic analysis, the particularities of the first cry should provide us information on the quality of adaptation to ambient air life.

Detailed Description
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Interpreting the cry of new-borns is a real challenge not only for perinatal professionals but also for parents, who are confronted daily with those sounds. The description and the acoustic analysis of baby's cry can allow healthcare professionals to better adapt their care during the first months of life. Aiming for this objective, many studies have already been carried out on infants crying in the first months of life, in order to better understand their significance (pain, discomfort, hunger) and the mechanisms of recognition and discrimination by parents or listeners. Various techniques are promising to characterize the acoustic space of cry (maximum frequency, intensity, harmonics, duration…). However, few studies have investigated the acoustic characteristics of the first cry of life in the delivery room. Its intensity and characteristics are closely related to the laryngeal anatomy and respiratory capacity. Thus, a vigorous cry with its own acoustic characteristics could be the witness of a good adaptation to extra uterine life, while a weak or plaintive cry should warn the caregiver on difficulties in this adaptation. Thanks to an objective analysis method as acoustic analysis, the particularities of the first cry should provide us information on the quality of adaptation to ambient air life. The investigators hypothesize that the acoustic characteristics of the first cries of newborns recorded at birth are correlated with the criteria of extra uterine life adaptation (Apgar score, pH and lactates collected from the umbilical cord), with the respiratory score (Silverman) and with the early neonatal outcome (transfer to the intensive care unit).

Official Title
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FirstCRY Study : Acoustic Analysis of the First Babies Crying in Delivery Room and Adaptation to Extra Uterine Life

Conditions
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Premature Birth

Intervention / Treatment
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* Behavioral: newborn cries


Participation Criteria
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Eligibility Criteria
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Inclusion Criteria: Infant born between 37 and 42 SA Live infant at birth Parent who received informed written information about the study Exclusion Criteria: - Emergency after childbirth (haemorrhage)

Ages Eligible for Study
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Minimum Age: 1 Minute
Maximum Age: 15 Minutes

Sexes Eligible for Study
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All

Study Plan
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How is the study designed?
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Arms and Interventions

| Participant Group/Arm | Intervention/Treatment |
| --- | --- |
| New born<br>New born population aged 37 Weeks of Amenorrhea (SA) to 42 Weeks of Amenorrhea (SA) will be included. Their cries will be longitudinally registered. | Behavioral: newborn cries<br>* Their cries will be longitudinally registered from the age of birth until the first 15 minutes of birth using an automatic record device: Recorder ZOOM H4N. The wav-sized files obtained from each recording will then be analyzed indiscriminately via an acoustic processing script created for the PRAAT software® by the post-doctoral fellows of the ENES laboratory (Sensory NeuroEthology Team) on the site of the Faculty of Sciences of Saint-Etienne.<br>|

What is the study measuring?
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Primary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Fo : maximum fundamental frequency (Hz) of the cry | Measured by device: Recorder ZOOM H4N and analyzed with PRAAT® software The F0 and Apgar score will be correlated | During the first 15 minutes of life | 
| Apgar score (0-10) | The Apgar score is determined by evaluating the newborn baby on five simple criteria on a scale from zero to two, then summing up the five values thus obtained. The resulting score ranges from zero to 10. The five criteria are : appearance, pulse, grimace, activity, respiration. The F0 and Apgar score will be correlated | During the first 15 minutes of life | 

Secondary Outcome Measures

| Outcome Measure | Measure Description | Time Frame |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Pitch of the cry (Hz) Crying acoustic structures | Measured by device: Recorder ZOOM H4N and analyzed with PRAAT® software | During the first 15 minutes of life | 
| roughness of the cry (Hz) | Measured by device: Recorder ZOOM H4N and analyzed with PRAAT® software | During the first 15 minutes of life | 
| Duration of cry (s) | Measured by device: Recorder ZOOM H4N and analyzed with PRAAT® software | During the first 15 minutes of life | 
| Number of cry | Measured by device: Recorder ZOOM H4N and analyzed with PRAAT® software | During the first 15 minutes of life | 

 Terms related to the study
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Keywords Provided by Centre Hospitalier Valida
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Crying, Apgar score, Infant Behavior, First cry, delivery room, extra uterine life