Hear cries, know whether children are autistic or not

The volume in the cries of babies at 6 months of age can tell us whether babies are at risk of autism.

The researchers recorded the cries of 39 babies six months old, 21 of whom were at risk for autism because their siblings had the disease. The remaining 18 babies are completely healthy, the family has no history of autism.

A computer-assisted analysis showed that babies who cry more loudly and have a higher mutation level are at a higher risk of autism than other babies.

'This result is only true when the baby cries due to pain, such as a baby falling or banging his head' - Stephen Sheinkopf, a researcher at Brown Alpert's Maternal and Child Hospital, said.

However, not everyone discovers the difference in the cries of autistic babies, if they use normal ears.

A baby's 6-month cry may indicate a baby's risk of autism.

When the babies in the study were 3 years old, 3 of the 39 babies were identified as autistic. These are also the highest-pitched babies in the test over 2 years ago.

Researchers believe that the baby's cries at 6 months of age and a few other factors can help identify autism risk at an early stage.

If it continues to be validated in the future, this finding will help to detect autism much earlier before the disease manifests itself.

This new finding is quite similar to the results of previous studies, that the baby's cries are related to brain development.