ArticleJournal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association2012
Comparing sound measurements in the single-family room with open-unit design neonatal intensive care unit: the impact of equipment noise.
Article in Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03316547 (Supporting and Enhancing NICU Sensory Experiences to Optimize Developmental Outcomes in Preterm Infants), which is not on this map. Cited by 22 papers, 2 of them syntheses that pooled it.
What it found
Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.
The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.
The trial behind it
Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.
Supporting and Enhancing NICU Sensory Experiences to Optimize Developmental Outcomes in Preterm Infants
Who cites it
22 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Noise or sound management in the neonatal intensive care unit for preterm or very low birth weight infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2024Pooled it
- Sound reduction management in the neonatal intensive care unit for preterm or very low birth weight infants.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- A pilot study to assess the safety, efficacy and ease of use of a novel hearing protection device for hospitalized neonates.Early human development · 2021Trial
- Language and sound exposure across neonatal intensive care hospitalization and relationships with early outcome.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- What's that noise-tackling sound pollution in the NICU: a systematic review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- Analysis of noise levels in the neonatal intensive care unit: the impact of clinical microsystems.European journal of pediatrics · 2024Article
- A unit's experience with hybrid NICU design: description of care model and implications for patients, families, and professionals.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2023Article
- Incubator-based active noise control device: comparison to ear covers and noise reduction zone quantification.Pediatric research · 2023Article
- Newborn Incubators Do Not Protect from High Noise Levels in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit and Are Relevant Noise Sources by Themselves.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2021Article
- Incubator-based Sound Attenuation: Active Noise Control In A Simulated Clinical Environment.PloS one · 2020Article
- Differences in early auditory exposure across neonatal environments.Early human development · 2019Article
- Towards the Womb of Neonatal Intensive Care.The Journal of medical humanities · 2019Article
- Evidence-based design for neonatal units: a systematic review.Maternal health, neonatology and perinatology · 2019Review
- Article
- Auditory Exposure in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Room Type and Other Predictors.The Journal of pediatrics · 2017Article
- Impact of hospital-based environmental exposures on neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants.Current opinion in pediatrics · 2015Review
- Article
- An acoustic gap between the NICU and womb: a potential risk for compromised neuroplasticity of the auditory system in preterm infants.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2014Article
- Alterations in brain structure and neurodevelopmental outcome in preterm infants hospitalized in different neonatal intensive care unit environments.The Journal of pediatrics · 2014Article
- NICU redesign from open ward to private room: a longitudinal study of parent and staff perceptions.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2013Article
Corrections and comments
PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.
Authors and funding
1 author.
Funding
No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.
Abstract
objectiveTo determine if measured sound levels in the occupied level 3 single-family room (SFR) neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) will be significantly and perceptibly different from the occupied level 3 open-unit (OU) NICU. STUDY
designCase-control. Comparison of sound measurements obtained with varying types of respiratory support in SFR unit with measurements obtained from OU level 3 bedside NICU.
resultSFR sound measurements were quieter and less loud compared with the open unit, except when high-frequency ventilation (HFV) was used.
conclusionThe SFR level 3 NICU is a quieter, less loud environment compared with the open unit level 3 Bedside NICU when the patient is supported on room air, high flow nasal cannula, bubble continuous positive airway pressure and conventional ventilation. High HFV will result in similar measurements to the open unit level 3 bedside NICU.
Indexed as
Identifiers
21852773What OpenQuestion holds
Registered trials
Read under generation 80e0d062 · epoch 390. Bibliography from PubMed, PubMed Central and OpenAlex; grants from NIH RePORTER; trial links from ClinicalTrials.gov; estimates, votes and beliefs from the OpenQuestion graph.