ArticleThe Journal of pediatrics2017
Auditory Exposure in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: Room Type and Other Predictors.
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- The effects of the introduction of the single-family room in neonatal and paediatric intensive care on the outcomes of paediatric patients, families, staff, and organizations: a mixed method systematic review.BMC health services research · 2025Pooled it
- Randomized clinical trial investigating the effect of consistent, developmentally-appropriate, and evidence-based multisensory exposures in the NICU.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2021Trial
- Translational Initiative to Minimize Childhood Hemiparesis After Asymmetrical Perinatal Brain Injury.Bioengineering (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Article
- 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
- Language environments of infants in the NICU improve after a brief parent education intervention.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2026Article
- Evolution of the auditory environment of very preterm infants before term-equivalent age in relation to room type and parental presence.Pediatric research · 2026Article
- What's that noise-tackling sound pollution in the NICU: a systematic review.Frontiers in pediatrics · 2026Review
- The impact of sleep in high-risk infants.Pediatric research · 2025Review
- The auditory environment drives superior temporal sulcus depth in the neonatal period.Brain structure & function · 2025Article
- Not a Quiet Place: Understanding Noise Level in a Newborn Intensive Care Unit (NICU) and Its Relation with Newborn's Vital Parameters, a Pilot Feasibility Study.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2025Article
- Description and evidence on the supporting and enhancing neonatal intensive care unit sensory experiences (SENSE) program.Acta paediatrica (Oslo, Norway : 1992) · 2025Review
- The road to sensory deprivation in the NICU is paved with good intentions: defining an optimal environment of care.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2025Article
- Strategies to support language development in neonatal intensive care unit: a narrative review.Clinical and experimental pediatrics · 2024Article
- The effect of early postnatal auditory stimulation on outcomes in preterm infants.Pediatric research · 2024Review
- Longstanding Auditory Sensory and Semantic Differences in Preterm Born Children.Brain topography · 2024Article
- Effect of music-based interventions on physiologic stability of hospitalized preterm infants. A pilot study.Journal of perinatology : official journal of the California Perinatal Association · 2024Article
- Music Therapy in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit: A Center's Experience with Program Development, Implementation, and Preliminary Outcomes.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Article
- Neurodevelopmental Outcomes following Preterm Birth and the Association with Postmenstrual Age at Discharge.American journal of perinatology · 2024Article
- Early parental vocal contact in neonatal units: rationale and clinical guidelines for implementation.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Review
- Language Exposure for Preterm Infants is Reduced Relative to Fetuses.The Journal of pediatrics · 2023Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo quantify early auditory exposures in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) and evaluate how these are related to medical and environmental factors. We hypothesized that there would be less auditory exposure in the NICU private room, compared with the open ward. STUDY
designPreterm infants born at ≤ 28 weeks gestation (33 in the open ward, 25 in private rooms) had auditory exposure quantified at birth, 30 and 34 weeks postmenstrual age (PMA), and term equivalent age using the Language Environmental Acquisition device.
resultsMeaningful language (P < .0001), the number of adult words (P < .0001), and electronic noise (P < .0001) increased across PMA. Silence increased (P = .0007) and noise decreased (P < .0001) across PMA. There was more silence in the private room (P = .02) than the open ward, with an average of 1.9 hours more silence in a 16-hour period. There was an interaction between PMA and room type for distant words (P = .01) and average decibels (P = .04), indicating that changes in auditory exposure across PMA were different for infants in private rooms compared with infants in the open ward. Medical interventions were related to more noise in the environment, although parent presence (P = .009) and engagement (P = .002) were related to greater language exposure. Average sound levels in the NICU were 58.9 ± 3.6 decibels, with an average peak level of 86.9 ± 1.4 decibels.
conclusionsUnderstanding the NICU auditory environment paves the way for interventions that reduce high levels of adverse sound and enhance positive forms of auditory exposure, such as language.
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