Studying infant movement and voice sounds through video and audio recordings
Records babies' movements and sounds at several ages to study early development.
Key facts
- Who runs it
- Ohio State University
- Where
- Columbus, United StatesSee the site
- Trial code
- Registry title
- Motor-voice Assessment in Infants (MAMI)
- Status
- Recruiting
- People taking part
- 46 people, planned
- Started
- 22 Oct 2025
- Expected to end
- 28 Jan 2030
- Type of study
- Observational
- Treatments tested
- Behavioral observation
- Record updated
- 27 March 2026
Who can take part
AI summary
From the trial's eligibility criteria. Machine-read from the registry text on this page, so it can be wrong. The registry text below and the trial team decide who can take part.
The trial is looking for newborn babies who were in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and are medically stable by 40 weeks of gestation. Parents upload short videos of their baby's movements and sounds.
- Age
- Babies up to 10 Days old. Their mothers must have been 18 - 43 years old at the birth.
- Sex
- Babies of any sex can join.
- Disease stage
- Babies born at 24 0/7 - 41 6/7 weeks of gestation who were admitted to the NICU and are medically stable by 40 weeks of gestation, including off ventilator support.
Main reasons for not taking part
- A diagnosis of a genetic syndrome (for example Trisomy 21)
- A musculoskeletal deformity
- A failed hearing screen
The registry criteria, word for word
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Who can take part
- gestational age of 24 0/7 - 41 6/7,
- admitted to the NICU,
- medically stable by 40 weeks of gestation (including off ventilator support),
- born to mothers 18 - 43 years old at the time of birth,
- one parent fluent in English
Who cannot take part
- diagnosis of a genetic syndrome (e.g. Trisomy 21),
- musculoskeletal deformity,
- failed hearing screen
Where in United States
- The Ohio State UniversityColumbus, United StatesContact: Petra Sternberg, PhDTaking people
About the trial
What the trial wants to find out
The goal of this observational study is to discover features of normal and disordered motor-voice profiles that are biobehavioral markers of physical disability in infants.. The main questions it aims to answer are:
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Identify voice factors among infants with newborn-detectable risk. Identify association between individual characteristics (Gestational age at birth, global function, motor-function) and voice factors.
Examine unique features of voice production that are present in infants with high-risk for Cerebral Palsy (CP).
Participants will be asked to upload a 3-minute videos of their child at term-age, 3.5-, and 9-months of age.
At the 3.5-month and 9-month time point parents can choose to attend an optional in-person assessment with their child.
The group in the trial
- Full-term and pre-term infants
Observational study for motor, cognitive, language, voice impairments.
Treatment: Behavioral observation
Questions to ask the study team
- How often do I need to come in, and for how long each time?
- Are travel costs paid?
- Can I keep my own doctor?
- What happens if I want to stop?
Contact the study team: see the registry record → Contacts and Locations
Print a page for my doctorData and sources
- Registry record
- Listed on ClinicalTrials.gov.
- Official title
- Spontaneous Motor-voice Assessment in Infants Using Video and Audio Recordings.
- Plain-language title
- Studying infant movement and voice sounds through video and audio recordingsGenerated from the registry record. The registry title is the official one.
- AI summary
- From the trial's eligibility criteria. Read by machine on 12 November 2026.
- Record updated
- 27 March 2026