Preterm infants' behavioral state and physiological parameters are affected by
environmental noise and adult voices. Only a handful of studies have explored the effects of …

Background Premature birth is known to affect the newborn's autonomic nervous system
(ANS) maturation, with potential short and long-term impact on their neurobehavioral …

Vocalizations of full-term newborns occur in a short latency time during the neonatal period.
Contingent response time of preterm babies is still unknown. An increase of preterm babies' …

An infant's early contact with music affects its future development in a broad sense, including
the development of musical aptitude. Contact with the mother's voice, both prenatally and …

Music therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit (NICU) is often restricted to infants and
families most in need because of limited time. This study explored the translation of basic …

In their first weeks of life preterm infants are deprived of developmentally appropriate stimuli,
including their mother's voice. The current study explores the immediate association of two …

Background Premature infants are at risk for abnormal sensory development due to brain
immaturity at birth and atypical early sensory experiences in the Neonatal Intensive Care …

Background: After preterm birth, infants are at high risk for delays in language development.
A promising intervention to reduce this risk is represented by the exposure to parental voices …

Purpose: This Evidence-Based Practice Brief column explores the connection between
mother and child, specifically the effects of maternal voice on infant autonomic stability …

Aims The first purpose of the study was to examine fathers' spontaneous communicative
behavior with their preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit, and how father's and …