The Influence of Hearing Discrete Phonemes in Mother's Voice in the Infant's Natural Environment and With Natural Melody on Developing Phonetic Categories Between 4-10 Months Old

October 27, 2009 updated by: Maaynei Hayesha Medical Center
The purpose of this study is to record voice samples of infant's mothers, process in samples to a phonetic musical piece, play the phonetic musical piece to 4-10 month old infants, and then test the infants in a conditioned head turning test in lab, and to analyze the results.

Study Overview

Status

Unknown

Conditions

Study Type

Observational

Enrollment (Anticipated)

50

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

4 months to 10 months (Child)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Sampling Method

Probability Sample

Study Population

normal newborn infants

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • normal newborn infants
  • males and females
  • age 4 months to 10 months old

Exclusion Criteria:

  • chronic illness
  • hearing loss
  • history of otitis media
  • serious otitis media

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

Cohorts and Interventions

Group / Cohort
lifestyle counseling
in the future parents will be advised to expose their infants to phonetic sounds in order to develop their phonetic categories in the future

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Response by head-turning test to familiar and unfamiliar phonetic categories
Time Frame: one year
one year

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Maaynei Hayesha Medical Center

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

October 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

October 27, 2009

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 27, 2009

First Posted (Estimate)

October 28, 2009

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

October 28, 2009

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

October 27, 2009

Last Verified

October 1, 2009

More Information

Terms related to this study

Keywords

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1010

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