Over 2000 babies were recorded to differentiate their types of cries. The app will help deaf parents tell what the baby needs by the way it is crying.
Dr Ariana Anderson developed an app that helps identify why a baby is crying. She has a knack for statistics and used her love of research to develop the app by recording 2000 babies crying for various reasons.
The app is helping parents with hearing difficulties to decipher why a baby is crying. According to Dr Anderson, new parents learn to differentiate between when a baby is hungry, fussy or in pain just by hearing them cry. As parents with hearing difficulties don’t have this opportunity, the app is a handy tool.
“ChatterBaby™ compares your baby’s sounds to the sounds in our database, predicting whether and why your baby is crying.”
“With the help of artificial intelligence, our algorithm predicts with over 90% accuracy whether your baby is crying or not, and correctly flags over 90% of pain cries.”
Cries due to pain, such as fever and illness, have more energy and fewer silences. The data collected through the app is being used at the University of Los Angeles. Parents can opt in to donate data to the study.
“Researchers at UCLA are using these data to conduct further research in regards to how a baby’s cries can affect their likelihood for development and likelihood for autism.” (Sic)
The app is free and available on both Apple and Android devices. You can find them here.
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