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
- Conditions
- Healthy
- Registration Number
- NCT01003041
- Lead Sponsor
- Maaynei Hayesha Medical Center
- Brief Summary
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.
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- UNKNOWN
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 50
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 & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Response by head-turning test to familiar and unfamiliar phonetic categories one year
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method