Are Parents Privileged Listeners Their Baby ?

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01732978

Acronym

BABIES_CRY

Enrollment

Registered

2012-11-26

Start date

2012-09-30

Completion date

2014-12-31

Last updated

2018-10-24

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Conditions

Newborn

Keywords

Crying record, Newborn

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.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALCrying record

Recording spontaneous crying is as soon as possible after birth. Crying is recorded twice during the first week of life. Listening tests: Tests will be conducted playbacks with the father and mother separately, and with a staff

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

BASIC_SCIENCE

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

No minimum to 1 Weeks

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* born in the University Hospital of Saint Etienne (inborn) whatever its term birth

Exclusion criteria

* Congenital oropharyngeal tract preventing vocalization physiological newborn

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Crying recorded	Second 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

Measure	Time frame	Description
Biological correlation	Second day of life of parents' child	The acoustic structure of crying will also be studied to establish a possible correlation with biological parameters baby

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026