Healthy Adults, Aging
Conditions
Interventions
Group 1: Investigation of healthy older subjects (65-80 years)
Age 65-80
gender: male and female
Investigations:
- Determining participants eligibility before the beginning of the experiment: Questionnaire for determining origin, language contact, health condi
- acoustic and articulatory recordings with 3-D electromagnetic articulography (EMA AG501, Carstens, Medizinelektronik), duration maximal 90 minutes
- acoustic and respiratory recordings following articulatory recordings (Respiratory Inductive Plethysmography), duration maximal 30 minutes
inclusion criteria for electromagnetic articulography:
- Age 65-80
- German as only mother tongue
exclusion criteria for electromagnetic articulography:
- voice, speaking or hearing disorders
- cardiovascular diseases
- neurological diseases
- removable denture
inclusion criteria for respiratory
exclusion criteria for respiratory recordings:
- voice, speaking or hearing disorders
- cardiovascular diseases
- neurological diseases
- removable denture
Group 2: Investigation of healthy younger su
Age 20-30
gender: male and female
Investigations:
- Determining participants eligibility before the beginning of the experiment: Questionnaire for determining origin, language contact, health condi
- acoustic and resp
Sponsors
Universität zu Köln, Institut für Linguistik, Abteilung Phonetik
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
20 Years to 80 Years
Inclusion criteria
Inclusion criteria: Participants in the age of 20-30 or 65-80 years, raised monolingually with German
Exclusion criteria
Exclusion criteria: German is not the only mother tongue, voice disorders, speaking disorders and hearing disorders, cardiovascular diseases, neurological diseases, removable denture
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Acoustic and articulatory recordings by means of electromagnetic articulography for capturing movement trajectories of the articulators (e.g. lips, tongue) involved in speech production. Acoustic and respiratory recordings by means of respitrace for gathering breathing patterns during speech production. | — |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Determining participants eligibility: Questionnaire for determining origin, language contact, health condition, hearing screening (pc audiometer), cognition tests (Mini Mental State Estimation, PANDA), test battery (BoDyS) to test for dysarthria | — |
Countries
Germany
Contacts
Public ContactDoris Mücke
Universität zu Köln, Institut für Linguistik, Abteilung Phonetik
Outcome results
None listed