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Are Parents Privileged Listeners Their Baby ?

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Newborn
Interventions
Behavioral: Crying record
Registration Number
NCT01732978
Lead Sponsor
Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne
Brief Summary

The crying baby is a sound signal including information relating to this individual identity or related to its physiological or motivational state.

The objective of the study is to determine the implementation of the recognition of individual tone of the baby by his parents and acoustic modulation of the baby based on parental response.

The detailed study of the acoustic structure of crying and analysis of parental perception will determine the dynamics during the first weeks of life of this recognition, and the influence of factors such as parental presence, or breastfeeding .

For this study is organized in three stages: first, the recording of the baby's crying Secondly, a listening test parental soundtracks and third analysis of the acoustic structure of crying and parental response.

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
COMPLETED
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
24
Inclusion Criteria
  • born in the University Hospital of Saint Etienne (inborn) whatever its term birth
Exclusion Criteria
  • Congenital oropharyngeal tract preventing vocalization physiological newborn

Study & Design

Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Study Design
SINGLE_GROUP
Arm && Interventions
GroupInterventionDescription
BabiesCrying recordAny child born in the University Hospital of Saint Etienne (inborn) whatever its term birth, hospitalized in a neonatal unit at the time of registration (after 37 weeks of gestation for preterm infants) or maternity
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Crying recordedSecond day of life of the parent's child

The acoustic structure of crying recorded the first days of life will be analyzed and aims to characterize an individual signature and the dynamic function of time of this structure.

Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
Biological correlationSecond day of life of parents' child

The acoustic structure of crying will also be studied to establish a possible correlation with biological parameters baby

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

CHU de Saint-Etienne

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Saint-etienne, France

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