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

Maaynei Hayesha Medical Center50 enrolled

Overview

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 Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Enrollment

Conditions

Healthy

Eligibility

Sex: ALLMin age: 4 MonthsMax age: 10 MonthsHealthy volunteers:

Medical Language ↔ Plain English

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

Outcomes

Primary Outcomes

Response by head-turning test to familiar and unfamiliar phonetic categories

Time frame: one year

Data from ClinicalTrials.gov

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