Infants’ responsiveness to maternal speech and singing

Nakata, Takayuki; Trehub, Sandra E.

doi:10.1016/j.infbeh.2004.03.002

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“…A collective view of clinical trials with newborns indicates that music, particularly live singing, 24,25 has therapeutic benefits in comparison with speaking. 26 Although some studies have examined lullabies, 3,18 most of the aforementioned research is inconsistent regarding the inclusion of parents and the use of parentpreferred music, 27 which imbues cultural practices central to a family' s established sense of containment and resiliency.…”

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The Effects of Music Therapy on Vital Signs, Feeding, and Sleep in Premature Infants

Loewy¹,

Stewart²,

Dassler³

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Pediatrics

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WHAT'S KNOWN ON THIS SUBJECT: Recorded music, parent voices, and sung lullabies have been shown to increase oxygen saturation, nonnutritive sucking, and weight gain in premature infants.WHAT THIS STUDY ADDS: Parent-preferred melodies and entrained live rhythm and breath sounds can enhance quiet alert and sleep states, suck response, and oxygen saturation in premature infants and significantly reduce fear and anxiety perception in parents. abstract OBJECTIVES: Recorded music risks overstimulation in NICUs. The live elements of music such as rhythm, breath, and parent-preferred lullabies may affect physiologic function (eg, heart and respiratory rates, O 2 saturation levels, and activity levels) and developmental function (eg, sleep, feeding behavior, and weight gain) in premature infants. METHODS:A randomized clinical multisite trial of 272 premature infants aged $32 weeks with respiratory distress syndrome, clinical sepsis, and/or SGA (small for gestational age) served as their own controls in 11 NICUs. Infants received 3 interventions per week within a 2-week period, when data of physiologic and developmental domains were collected before, during, and after the interventions or no interventions and daily during a 2-week period.RESULTS: Three live music interventions showed changes in heart rate interactive with time. Lower heart rates occurred during the lullaby (P , .001) and rhythm intervention (P = .04). Sucking behavior showed differences with rhythm sound interventions (P = .03). Entrained breath sounds rendered lower heart rates after the intervention (P = .04) and differences in sleep patterns (P , .001). Caloric intake (P = .01) and sucking behavior (P = .02) were higher with parent-preferred lullabies. Music decreased parental stress perception (P , .001). CONCLUSIONS:The informed, intentional therapeutic use of live sound and parent-preferred lullabies applied by a certified music therapist can influence cardiac and respiratory function. Entrained with a premature infant' s observed vital signs, sound and lullaby may improve feeding behaviors and sucking patterns and may increase prolonged periods of quiet-alert states. Parent-preferred lullabies, sung live, can enhance bonding, thus decreasing the stress parents associate with premature infant care.

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The Effects of Music Therapy on Vital Signs, Feeding, and Sleep in Premature Infants

Loewy¹,

Stewart²,

Dassler³

et al. 2013

Pediatrics

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“…Testing cortisol levels in infants confirms that playful songs arouse babies while lullabies quiet them (Shenfield, Trehub, & Nakata, 2003). Others have established connections between parent-infant attachment, infant self-regulation, and infant-directed vocalizations and singing (Creighton, 2011;Dissanayake, 2000;Longhi, 2009;Mackenzie & Hamlett, 2005;Nakata & Trehub, 2004;O'Gorman, 2007;Papousek, 1996;Trainor, 1996). Singing also passes on ethnic and cultural traditions (Custodero, 2006;Ilari, 2005).…”

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Teen Mother and Child Experiences in a Parent-Child Music Program

Emmerson¹,

Nicol²,

McIntyre³

2016

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In this paper, we outline the rationale and growing research base for parent-child music programs as a means to strengthen caregiver-child bonding, with particular interest in positively impacting the lives of adolescent mothers and their infants. Secondary schools that offer daycare and parenting classes are ideal sites for delivering parent-child music programs, and music educators are well situated to become involved in such initiatives.

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“…During maternal singing, both the mother and the infant engaged more, shared more prolonged face-to-face contact and mutual gazes, and interacted with facial expressions, maternal voice, and infant's vocalizations. In fact, maternal singing has shown to provide a greater engagement of the infant and to increase attention, contributing to enhance the emotional coordination of the dyad (Nakata & Trehub, 2004;Peretz, 2010).…”

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Music Therapy Intervention for the Mother-Preterm Infant Dyad: Evidence from a Case Study in a Brazilian NICU

Palazzi

Meschini²,

Piccinini

2017

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Abstr Abstract actThis study investigated the contributions of music therapy to the mother-preterm infant dyad in a NICU. A single case study was carried out involving a mother and her preterm daughter (27 GW). They participated in nine sessions of the Music Therapy Intervention for the Mother and her Preterm Infant -MUSIP, with the aim of sensitizing the mother to the importance of singing. After the MUSIP and in the preand post-discharge periods, the mother was interviewed in order to provide an assessment of the intervention; furthermore, the dyad was videotaped during singing and non-singing interactions. The interviews with the mother and the written descriptions of the video footage were examined through thematic analysis. The results showed music therapy contributed: a) to the empowerment of the infant, through relaxation, stabilization of oxygen saturation, the presentation of new competences and engagement in singing; and b) to the empowerment of the mother, through relaxation, the overcoming of embarrassment and the fear of interacting with the infant, and through the strengthening of her maternal competences and her autonomy in singing. Together, the results highlighted the importance of music therapy to the mother-infant interaction, because singing contributed to more prolonged face-toface contact and more diversified expressions of affection.

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Infants’ responsiveness to maternal speech and singing

Cited by 301 publications

References 55 publications

The Effects of Music Therapy on Vital Signs, Feeding, and Sleep in Premature Infants

The Effects of Music Therapy on Vital Signs, Feeding, and Sleep in Premature Infants

Teen Mother and Child Experiences in a Parent-Child Music Program

Music Therapy Intervention for the Mother-Preterm Infant Dyad: Evidence from a Case Study in a Brazilian NICU

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