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Project

Listening to Mom in the NICU: Neural, Clinical, and Language Outcomes

Center:

CA-Stanford University School of Medicine, DBP

Fiscal Year:

2017

Contact Information:

Katherine E. Travis
[email protected]
650-498-7690

Project Description:

Children born preterm experience delays in the development of language and communication. This delay may relate to adverse biological or neurological events. In addition, children have limited exposure to maternal speech in the noisy NICU environment. This study will use an RCT to determine if increasing the amount of maternal input via playing audio recordings of mother's voice improves clinical outcomes, such as weight gain, neurological outcomes, such as white matter maturity, and developmental outcomes, including language development.

Keyword(s):

premature, maternal input, diffusion MRI, white matter

Core Function(s):

Performing Research or Evaluation

Area of Emphasis

Health-Related Activities

Target Audience:

Professionals and Para-Professionals, Family Members/Caregivers, Children/Adolescents with Disabilities/SHCN

Unserved or Under-served Populations:

None

Primary Target Audience Geographic Descriptor:

International