Early Vocal Contact And Preterm Infant Brain Development: Bridging The Gaps Between Research And Practice
by Manuela Filippa /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book synthesizes and analyzes research on early vocal
contact (EVC) for preterm infants, an early healthcare strategy
aimed at reducing the long-term impact of neonatal
hospitalization, minimizing negative impacts of premature birth,
and promoting positive brain development. Chapters begin by
examining research on the maternal voice and its unique and
fundamental role in infant development during the fetal and
neonatal period. The book discusses the rationale for EVC with
preterm infants, the underlying neurobiological mechanisms, and
the challenges for infants’ development. Subsequent chapters
highlight various EVCs that are used in the neonatal intensive
care unit (NICU), including direct talking and singing to preterm
infants. In addition, the book also presents and evaluates early
family-centered therapies as well as paternal and other caregiver
voice interventions.
This book synthesizes and analyzes research on early vocal
contact (EVC) for preterm infants, an early healthcare strategy
aimed at reducing the long-term impact of neonatal
hospitalization, minimizing negative impacts of premature birth,
and promoting positive brain development. Chapters begin by
examining research on the maternal voice and its unique and
fundamental role in infant development during the fetal and
neonatal period. The book discusses the rationale for EVC with
preterm infants, the underlying neurobiological mechanisms, and
the challenges for infants’ development. Subsequent chapters
highlight various EVCs that are used in the neonatal intensive
care unit (NICU), including direct talking and singing to preterm
infants. In addition, the book also presents and evaluates early
family-centered therapies as well as paternal and other caregiver
voice interventions.
Topics featured in this book include:
Topics featured in this book include:Early vocal contact and the language development of preterm
infants.
Early vocal contact and the language development of preterm
infants.The maternal voice and its influence on the stability and
the sleep of preterm infants.
The maternal voice and its influence on the stability and
the sleep of preterm infants.Parental singing as a form of early interactive contact
with the preterm infant.
Parental singing as a form of early interactive contact
with the preterm infant.Recorded or live music interventions in the bioecology of
the NICU.
Recorded or live music interventions in the bioecology of
the NICU.The role of the music therapist to hospitalized
infants.
The role of the music therapist to hospitalized
infants.The Calming Cycle Theory and its implementation in preterm
infants.
The Calming Cycle Theory and its implementation in preterm
infants.Early Vocal Contact and Preterm Infant Brain Development
Early Vocal Contact and Preterm Infant Brain Development
is an essential reference for researchers, clinicians and related
professionals, and graduate students in developmental psychology,
pediatrics, neuroscience, obstetrics and nursing.
is an essential reference for researchers, clinicians and related
professionals, and graduate students in developmental psychology,
pediatrics, neuroscience, obstetrics and nursing.