Virtual Reality in Teachers' Vocal Motor Behavior Acquisition (VirtuVox)

NCT ID: NCT04096352

Last Updated: 2020-04-07

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

41 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-09-29

Study Completion Date

2020-02-20

Brief Summary

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Scientific literature supports that teachers are at greater risk for voice disorders than the general population. In the classroom, the teacher's voice represents the main communication tool. Optimal voice use is indispensable to ensure effective teaching and preserve the teacher's vocal health.

This project investigates how virtual reality (VR) facilitates the learning of effective vocal skills and their application in real-world contexts. Based on acoustic analyses and self-assessment scales, the investigators compare 100 future teachers randomly assigned in two groups. The experimental group (n=50) receives a voice training by VR simulations and voice information. The control group (n=50) only receives voice information.

Detailed Description

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Experimental group participants receive direct method (three 1-hour sessions of voice training by virtual reality simulations over a course of 3 weeks) and indirect method (one 1-hour session of information on voice function and voice hygiene). Control group participants receive indirect method (one 1-hour session of information on voice function and voice hygiene).

Conditions

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Voice Disorders Virtual Reality Therapy

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

DOUBLE

Investigators Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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Indirect+Direct method

Indirect method: one session of information on voice function and voice hygiene.

Direct method: three sessions of voice training using virtual reality simulations over a course of 3 weeks.

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Direct Method

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Learning effective vocal skills using speech therapy exercises and virtual reality simulations.

Indirect Method

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Information on voice function and voice hygiene.

Indirect method

Indirect method: one session of information on voice function and voice hygiene.

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Indirect Method

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Information on voice function and voice hygiene.

Interventions

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Direct Method

Learning effective vocal skills using speech therapy exercises and virtual reality simulations.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Indirect Method

Information on voice function and voice hygiene.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* future teacher having completed at least one internship as a schoolteacher
* speaking French fluently

Exclusion Criteria

* hearing impairment
* voice pathology at the time of the study
Minimum Eligible Age

18 Years

Maximum Eligible Age

40 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Universite du Quebec en Outaouais

OTHER

Sponsor Role collaborator

University of Liege

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Remacle Angélique

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Angélique Remacle, Ph.D.

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

University of Liege

Locations

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Université de Liège

Liège, Wallonia, Belgium

Site Status

Countries

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Belgium

Other Identifiers

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VirtuVox2

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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