Acoustic Analysis of the First Babies Crying in Delivery Room and Adaptation to Extra Uterine Life

NCT ID: NCT04849234

Last Updated: 2022-12-27

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

41 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2021-04-01

Study Completion Date

2021-05-02

Brief Summary

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Interpreting the cry of new-borns is a real challenge not only for perinatal professionals but also for parents, who are confronted daily with those sounds.

The description and the acoustic analysis of baby's cry can allow healthcare professionals to better adapt their care during the first months of life.

Thanks to an objective analysis method as acoustic analysis, the particularities of the first cry should provide us information on the quality of adaptation to ambient air life.

Detailed Description

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Interpreting the cry of new-borns is a real challenge not only for perinatal professionals but also for parents, who are confronted daily with those sounds.

The description and the acoustic analysis of baby's cry can allow healthcare professionals to better adapt their care during the first months of life. Aiming for this objective, many studies have already been carried out on infants crying in the first months of life, in order to better understand their significance (pain, discomfort, hunger) and the mechanisms of recognition and discrimination by parents or listeners. Various techniques are promising to characterize the acoustic space of cry (maximum frequency, intensity, harmonics, duration…).

However, few studies have investigated the acoustic characteristics of the first cry of life in the delivery room. Its intensity and characteristics are closely related to the laryngeal anatomy and respiratory capacity. Thus, a vigorous cry with its own acoustic characteristics could be the witness of a good adaptation to extra uterine life, while a weak or plaintive cry should warn the caregiver on difficulties in this adaptation.

Thanks to an objective analysis method as acoustic analysis, the particularities of the first cry should provide us information on the quality of adaptation to ambient air life.

The investigators hypothesize that the acoustic characteristics of the first cries of newborns recorded at birth are correlated with the criteria of extra uterine life adaptation (Apgar score, pH and lactates collected from the umbilical cord), with the respiratory score (Silverman) and with the early neonatal outcome (transfer to the intensive care unit).

Conditions

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Premature Birth

Keywords

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Crying Apgar score Infant Behavior First cry delivery room extra uterine life

Study Design

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Observational Model Type

COHORT

Study Time Perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

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New born

New born population aged 37 Weeks of Amenorrhea (SA) to 42 Weeks of Amenorrhea (SA) will be included. Their cries will be longitudinally registered.

newborn cries

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Their cries will be longitudinally registered from the age of birth until the first 15 minutes of birth using an automatic record device: Recorder ZOOM H4N.

The wav-sized files obtained from each recording will then be analyzed indiscriminately via an acoustic processing script created for the PRAAT software® by the post-doctoral fellows of the ENES laboratory (Sensory NeuroEthology Team) on the site of the Faculty of Sciences of Saint-Etienne.

Interventions

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newborn cries

Their cries will be longitudinally registered from the age of birth until the first 15 minutes of birth using an automatic record device: Recorder ZOOM H4N.

The wav-sized files obtained from each recording will then be analyzed indiscriminately via an acoustic processing script created for the PRAAT software® by the post-doctoral fellows of the ENES laboratory (Sensory NeuroEthology Team) on the site of the Faculty of Sciences of Saint-Etienne.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* Infant born between 37 and 42 SA
* Live infant at birth
* Parent who received informed written information about the study

Exclusion Criteria

\- Emergency after childbirth (haemorrhage)
Minimum Eligible Age

1 Minute

Maximum Eligible Age

15 Minutes

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Centre Hospitalier Universitaire de Saint Etienne

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Responsibility Role SPONSOR

Principal Investigators

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HUGUES PATURAL, MD PHD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

CHU ST ETIENNE FRANCE

Locations

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Chu Saint-Etienne

Saint-Etienne, , France

Site Status

Countries

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France

Other Identifiers

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IRBN262021/CHUSTE

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id