European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - May 15, 1987, Darmstadt, Hesse                                The silent Accident protect your children from drowning by Randolph e. Schm1d associated Pressi t s a warm afternoon at Home when the phone rings or a chore distracts Mol Hor or Dar for a few minutes. The toddler taster than you can imagine wanders outside Falls into the Pool and drowns thai s a typical scenario Lor the Hird leading cause of death among children under age 5, reports the National spa and Pool Institute. More than 300 children drowned in residential swimming Poos in America in 1983, according to reports compiled by the u.3 consumer product safety commission. Only automobile accidents and tires kill More youngsters in the United states. And Many of the drowning deaths Are preventable through close adult supervision of children. Drowning is the silent Accident warned Wil am Sadd executive director of the Alexandria  Pool and spa Institute when a child drowns a Parent won t hear a cry or even a  drowning happen very Quicy in Iho Lime it takes to answer a phone. Thai s Why watching your children is so important he said. Indeed no one child or adult should Over swim atone note safely experts at both the Pool Institute and the Federal safety Agency. An Accident or sudden illness can be life threatening to someone in the water if Here a no help available. Swimming classes Lor Small children often called  have become popular in Many areas and Are offered by Myca and other groups. These can be very helpful but they do not prevent every drowning. Parents should beware of a false tense of Security after sending their offspring to these classes. There is no substitute for supervising children in a Pool. And the need to keep a close Eye on children while they Are swimming includes the necessity of making sure they Don t have Access to the Pool a other times. Pools attract youngsters Bolh those in the family and others from nearby Homes so. A requirement is 3 Lence and secure Gate or diner Barrier the spa and Pool Institute says thai a self closing Gale is important with a la cd Fiat locks and is above the reach of youngsters. And use Iho locks the safety a Perls say. A study in Dade county Fla Louncta that although almost All pools had Len cos and Locking Gates a majority of the Gates were left unlocked or the latches did t Woik properly. If the Pool or spa is indoors Jocic the door to the room or have a cover int locks to keep children and other unauthorized users away the Institute adds. For outdoor pools it s a Good idea to keep he area Between the House and the Pool Clear. That Way a occasional glance from the House will allow discovery of trespassers or other unexpected swimmers. When there is a party or Large gathering the Institute suggests thai some adult be designated to keep an Eye on the youngsters and generally to supervise Iho Pool. The Institute recommends thai in households with a Pool adults in the family obtain raining in cardiopulmonary resuscitation. This combination of Rescue breathing and artificial heart stimulation May be Able of keep the victim of a drowning Accident or heart alack alive until Media Al help arrives. Training is available in mos areas trom the american red Cross american heart association and through local hos Pilais and other agencies. The spa and Pool Institute has prepared a Booklet children Aren t Waterproof which it is offering a no charge. Worle spi Deal. 338t. 2111 Eisenhower ave., Alexandria a. 22314. The Federal safety commission also has a swimming Pool fact Sheet with safety tips available at no charge. That can be obtained from the . Consumer product safely commission office of Public affairs 5401 Westward ave., Bethesda. My. 20207. Drowning it the third leading etude of death among Ehl Lanm underage five in the United slates. Only Auto accidents and ores kill More Rhodna. Understanding a baby s cry by Vicki Miller associated press r rate archers Belleve thai crying la a communications system up Phi researchers have listened to hundreds of hours of sobbing during the past 1 i years in an Effort to determine whether there Are different types of infant cries. While fhe work in t Complete the researchers believe crying is very a teary a communications system said Dan Leuer an associate professor of psychology at the University of Nebraska Lincoln. He said a goal of the research is to help parents better understand their child s needs. It has been shown thai abusive parents find their child s cries More aggravating than do non abusive parents Legor said. If researchers can differentiate the cries babies make under various Cono Lions they eventually May be Aoto to play fhe sounds for parents to help them belter recognize dih Erent types of crying. Maybe they re not Adu Ned to he characteristics of the cry. If we could show them the difference it might help he said recently. Leger associate psychology professor Ross Thompson and graduates udon Jaqueline Walker of Lincoln Are studying infant cries. They be Gollen an earful. Leger is tamales they have listened to nearly 500 hours of cries during the Pas eight months. Visiting infants and mothers at Home research assistants recorded 250 cries from 20 1 and 6-month Olds he said. Using sophisticated sound equipment researchers Chart and measure the acoustic characteristics of the cries. Leger said they Hope to determine whether crying sounds Dilfer in varied situations and what crying characteristics provide clues to parents he said. The group is close to determining How a cry s sound affects people s response Leger said. We re discovering the acoustic characteristics trial influence the Way people react to  he said. However it s unlikely parents will by Abie to pinpoint the source of a baby s problem rom cries alone he said parents who say they can recognize their child s needs by the sound of a cry May be overlooking the other Inlo Malion they have about the baby. They know the child his schedules personality and when he was fed and diapered Leger said. The researchers by contrast Are trying to categorize cries based Only on accous Lica data. After months of listening Leger said crying no longer bothers him because. I m More fascinated now than i used lobe besides he said. I never get terribly sick of it because it s a recording and i can turn it Oil Wien i want Page 16 the stars and stripes Friday. May is 1987