The effect of music therapy on infants born preterm

Haslbeck, Friederike; Stegemann, Thomas

doi:10.1111/dmcn.13677

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“…Regarding children, MT can contribute to regulating physiological parameters of preterm babies (e.g., regulating heart rate, improving oxygen saturation levels), improving feeding ability and weight gain (e.g., regulating sucking patterns, increasing breastfeeding volume and caloric intake), and regulating behavior states (Anderson & Patel, 2018;Bieleninik et al, 2016;Bieleninik & Gold, 2014;Hartling et al, 2009;Haslbeck, 2012;Haslbeck & Stegemann, 2018;van der Heijden et al, 2016;Hodges & Wilson, 2010;Standley, 2012).…”

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Music therapy for preterm infants and their parents during NICU stay and beyond: current recommendations for clinical practice in Poland

Bieleninik¹,

Konieczna-Nowak²,

Knapik-Szweda³

et al. 2020

Health Psychology Report

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health psychology report • volume 8(3),  review article There is preliminary evidence that music therapy plays a beneficial role for preterm infants and their primary caregivers during the neonatal period; however, available research considers mostly cohorts from North and South Americas, Australia, Israel and certain western European countries, excluding Poland. Remembering that music, and therefore music therapy, is highly culturally dependent, there is no "perfect program package" that can be directly applied across all communities to achieve desired effects everywhere. The commencement of the multi-center international randomized controlled trial, Longitudinal Study of music Therapy's Effectiveness for Premature (LongSTEP) infants and their caregivers, has provided the impetus for Polish music therapists to begin offering music therapy services in neonatal intensive care units as a part of clinical research. Since research on music therapy dedicated to premature babies and their families is only beginning to emerge in Poland, there is a call to develop a culturally and contextbased approach that can be implemented in Polish neonatal settings. The objective of this perspective article is to present recommendations for clinical practice with premature babies and their families based on available international research and practical guidelines, as well as national experiences from the LongSTEP trial that make it culturally appropriate. This paper might be of great interest to readers interested in implementing music therapy interventions with local conditions and opportunities to improve outcomes for a "real-world" impact.

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Music therapy for preterm infants and their parents during NICU stay and beyond: current recommendations for clinical practice in Poland

Bieleninik¹,

Konieczna-Nowak²,

Knapik-Szweda³

et al. 2020

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“…Music interventions—as exemplified by the case vignette above—may be appropriate and are the focus of growing interdisciplinary research activities. They may attenuate the stress response in preterm infants and provide environmental enrichment by meaningful auditory stimulation and social contact (Shoemark et al, 2015 ; Anderson and Patel, 2018 ; Haslbeck and Stegemann, 2018 ).…”

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Music From the Very Beginning—A Neuroscience-Based Framework for Music as Therapy for Preterm Infants and Their Parents

Haslbeck

Bassler

2018

Front. Behav. Neurosci.

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Human and animal studies demonstrate that early auditory experiences influence brain development. The findings are particularly crucial following preterm birth as the plasticity of auditory regions, and cortex development are heavily dependent on the quality of auditory stimulation. Brain maturation in preterm infants may be affected among other things by the overwhelming auditory environment of the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Conversely, auditory deprivation, (e.g., the lack of the regular intrauterine rhythms of the maternal heartbeat and the maternal voice) may also have an impact on brain maturation. Therefore, a nurturing enrichment of the auditory environment for preterm infants is warranted. Creative music therapy (CMT) addresses these demands by offering infant-directed singing in lullaby-style that is continually adapted to the neonate’s needs. The therapeutic approach is tailored to the individual developmental stage, entrained to the breathing rhythm, and adapted to the subtle expressions of the newborn. Not only the therapist and the neonate but also the parents play a role in CMT. In this article, we describe how to apply music therapy in a neonatal intensive care environment to support very preterm infants and their families. We speculate that the enriched musical experience may promote brain development and we critically discuss the available evidence in support of our assumption.

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“…In summary, there is growing evidence from RCTs and meta-analyses that music therapy in infants born preterm has significant, clinically relevant positive effects on arousal, general state of health, and well-being of the baby as well as on psychological outcomes (e. g. anxiety) of the mothers. However, more well-designed and highquality research-such as taking account of short-and long-term effects of music interventions on brain function and development-are needed [90].…”

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Schütz

2020

Wien Klin Wochenschr

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The effect of music therapy on infants born preterm

Abstract: This commentary is on the systematic review by Anderson and Patel on pages 256–266 of this issue.

Cited by 12 publications

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Music therapy for preterm infants and their parents during NICU stay and beyond: current recommendations for clinical practice in Poland

Music therapy for preterm infants and their parents during NICU stay and beyond: current recommendations for clinical practice in Poland

Music From the Very Beginning—A Neuroscience-Based Framework for Music as Therapy for Preterm Infants and Their Parents

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