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Language and Music, Speech and the Human Beatbox: Theoretical Issues for Research in General and Applied Linguistics

NCT04526041 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 5

Last updated 2023-02-28

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Summary

Beatboxing is a form of vocal percussion primarily involving the art of mimicking drum machines, using one's mouth, lips, tongue, and voice. It may also involve vocal imitation of turntablism, and other musical instruments. To produces the different sounds, the Beatboxers use their vocal apparatus in a much wider and more complex way than its use in speech. This allows them to acquire a panel of rich and varied sounds. The Human Beatbox (HBB) is a very recent subject of study in phonetics. This study offers an exploratory study of pharyngolaryngeal articulatory behaviors using nasofibroscopy and electroglottography and an aerodynamic study in order to better understand the articulatory capacities and limits of the vocal tract.

Conditions

  • Language

Interventions

OTHER

Nasofibroscopy

Laryngeal exploration performed using a flexible fibrescope while singing.

OTHER

Electroglottography

Electrography of glottal movement using the EG2-PCX2 system (Glottal enterprises) while singing.

OTHER

Air flow measurement + acoustic signal recording

Air flow measurement and acoustic signal recording while singing using the EVA2 system (SQLab-LPL, Aix en Provence, France)

OTHER

Questionnaire

Questionnaire on subject singing habits, the way it use and perceive the use of his body when singing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Hopital Foch

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Lise Crevier-Buchman, Dr · Hopital Foch

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-10-16
Primary Completion
2021-07-27
Completion
2021-07-27

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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