Could Baby’s Crying Give Clues to Autism? Brown Medical School Study

The sounds infants make when they cry could offer insight into the likelihood that they’ll later be diagnosed with autism spectrum disorders, a tiny and preliminary study suggests. However, it’s too early to know if there actually is a connection between cries and autism or why one would exist in the first place. Even if there is a link, the difference between the crying of babies who are developing normally and those with autism may be too subtle for people to notice without audio analysis by a computer.

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