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The Potential Effect of Forbrain as an Altered Auditory Feedback Device

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Purpose: The purpose of this study was to run a proof of concept on a new commercially available device, Forbrain® (Sound For Life Ltd/Soundev, Luxemburg, model UN38.3), to test whether it can modulate the speech of its users. Method: Participants were instructed to read aloud a text of their choice during 3 experimental phases: baseline, test, and posttest, while wearing a Forbrain® headset. Critically, for half of the participants (Forbrain group), the device was turned on during the test phase, whereas for the other half (control group), the device was kept off. Voice recordings were analyzed to derive 6 quantitative measures of voice quality over each of the phases of the experiment. Results: A significant Group × Phase interaction was obtained for the smoothed cepstral peak prominence, a measure of voice harmony, and for the trendline of the long-term average spectrum, a measure of voice robustness, this latter surviving Bonferroni correction for multiple comparisons. Conclusions: The results of this study indicate the effectiveness of Forbrain® in modifying the speech of its users. It is suggested that Forbrain® works as an altered auditory feedback device. It may hence be used as a clinical device in speech therapy clinics, yet further studies are warranted to test its usefulness in clinical groups.

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https://doi.org/10.1044/2017_JSLHR-S-17-0072

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Tecnologia mèdica, Trastorns de la parla, Neurociències

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Medical technology, Speech disorders, Neurosciences

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Articles publicats en revistes (Psicologia Clínica i Psicobiologia)
Articles publicats en revistes (Institut de Neurociències (UBNeuro))

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ESCERA I MICÓ, Carles, LÓPEZ CABALLERO, Francisco José and GORINA-CARETA, Natàlia. The Potential Effect of Forbrain as an Altered Auditory Feedback Device. Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research. 2018. Vol. 61, num. 4, pags. 801-810. ISSN 1092-4388. [consulted: 16 of October of 2026]. Available at: https://hdl.handle.net/2445/231961

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