Influence of Parental Voice Across Modalities in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Abstract
Premature infants are at risk for developing delays including impaired social language, linguistics, and cognitive competencies compared to infants who were born full term. This is primarily due to necessary medical and environmental factors. Premature infants can experience long periods of early separation from their parents and exposed to unnatural noxious auditory stimuli ( i.e. machine alarms). The purpose of this scoping review of the literature, is to determine if early consistent exposure to the parental voice in any communication capacity, including reading, singing, or speaking tasks, decease developmental delays in infants.
Scoping review revealed that early exposure to parental voice improved motoric and sensory development in premature infants as well as weight gain, sleep and feeding milestones. Early and consistent parental voice exposure can directly impact the premature infant’s motoric and sensory development. Practical suggestions are provided to promote the utilization of parental voicing in multimodal capacities in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This scoping review revealed that there needs to be continued clinical research and application to determine long-term effects.
Faculty Sponsors
Dr. Raquel Garcia
Project Type
Event
Location
Alvin Sherman Library
Start Date
4-5-2023 12:00 PM
End Date
4-6-2023 4:00 PM
Influence of Parental Voice Across Modalities in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit
Alvin Sherman Library
Premature infants are at risk for developing delays including impaired social language, linguistics, and cognitive competencies compared to infants who were born full term. This is primarily due to necessary medical and environmental factors. Premature infants can experience long periods of early separation from their parents and exposed to unnatural noxious auditory stimuli ( i.e. machine alarms). The purpose of this scoping review of the literature, is to determine if early consistent exposure to the parental voice in any communication capacity, including reading, singing, or speaking tasks, decease developmental delays in infants.
Scoping review revealed that early exposure to parental voice improved motoric and sensory development in premature infants as well as weight gain, sleep and feeding milestones. Early and consistent parental voice exposure can directly impact the premature infant’s motoric and sensory development. Practical suggestions are provided to promote the utilization of parental voicing in multimodal capacities in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). This scoping review revealed that there needs to be continued clinical research and application to determine long-term effects.
