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

NCT04096352 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 41

Last updated 2020-04-07

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Summary

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.

Conditions

  • Voice Disorders
  • Virtual Reality Therapy

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Direct Method

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

BEHAVIORAL

Indirect Method

Information on voice function and voice hygiene.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Universite du Quebec en Outaouais

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of Liege

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Angélique Remacle, Ph.D. · University of Liege

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
DOUBLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
40 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-29
Primary Completion
2020-02-20
Completion
2020-02-20

Countries

  • Belgium

Study Locations

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