ArticleFrontiers in neuroscience2021
Repeated Parental Singing During Kangaroo Care Improved Neural Processing of Speech Sound Changes in Preterm Infants at Term Age.
Article in Frontiers in neuroscience, 2021. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT03795454 (Singing Kangaroos - Infant Care With Combined Auditory Intervention and Kangaroo Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 14 papers.
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Singing Kangaroos - Infant Care With Combined Auditory Intervention and Kangaroo Care
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14 citing papers in PubMed, 18 citations in OpenAlex.
- The MIND Randomized Controlled Trial: An Intervention to Improve Neural Speech Processing and 2-Year Language Outcomes of Infants Born Preterm.The Journal of pediatrics · 2026Trial
- Maternal singing sustains preterm hospitalized newborns' autonomic nervous system maturation: an RCT.Pediatric research · 2024Trial
- Humming and Homeostasis: Insights from Infants, Mothers, Mantras and Caregiving.Behavioral sciences (Basel, Switzerland) · 2026Review
- Music-based research in neonatal intensive care units requires guidelines grounded in developmental neurology and responsive to the individual needs of preterm infants.Frontiers in psychology · 2026Article
- Music and Language in the Human Brain: Mismatch Negativity Evidence for Their Neuroplasticity and Interplay.The European journal of neuroscience · 2026Review
- Maternal singing and speech have beneficial effects on preterm infant's general movements at term equivalent age and at 3 months: an RCT.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- Music for displaced dyads: a mixed methods feasibility study on the impact of music therapy on the mental health and wellbeing of Ukrainian refugee families.Frontiers in psychiatry · 2025Article
- Parental singing during kangaroo care: parents' experiences of singing to their preterm infant in the NICU.Frontiers in psychology · 2025Article
- The effect of early postnatal auditory stimulation on outcomes in preterm infants.Pediatric research · 2024Review
- Interventions through Art Therapy and Music Therapy in Autism Spectrum Disorder, ADHD, Language Disorders, and Learning Disabilities in Pediatric-Aged Children: A Systematic Review.Children (Basel, Switzerland) · 2024Review
- Effect of an early music intervention on emotional and neurodevelopmental outcomes of preterm infants at 12 and 24 months.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Early parental vocal contact in neonatal units: rationale and clinical guidelines for implementation.Frontiers in neurology · 2024Review
- Music and reading activities in early childhood associated with improved language development in preterm infants at 2-3 years of age.Frontiers in psychology · 2024Article
- Auditory Processing of the Brain Is Enhanced by Parental Singing for Preterm Infants.Frontiers in neuroscience · 2022Article
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7 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.
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Abstract
Preterm birth carries a risk for adverse neurodevelopment. Cognitive dysfunctions, such as language disorders may manifest as atypical sound discrimination already in early infancy. As infant-directed singing has been shown to enhance language acquisition in infants, we examined whether parental singing during skin-to-skin care (kangaroo care) improves speech sound discrimination in preterm infants. Forty-five preterm infants born between 26 and 33 gestational weeks (GW) and their parents participated in this cluster-randomized controlled trial (ClinicalTrials ID IRB00003181SK). In both groups, parents conducted kangaroo care during 33-40 GW. In the singing intervention group (
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