Current Research on Music Therapy during Pregnancy Effects of music therapy on psychological health of women during pregnancy. Chang MY, Chen CH, Huang KF. National Tainan Institute of Nursing, Taiwan. I think that most women know intuitively that listening certain kinds of music during pregnancy really calms them down, soothes and comforts them. And of […]
Archive | Music with Newborns and Preemies
Research shows lullabies help preemies with pain
It’s Official: Music can help preemies with pain “Music may reduce pain and improve behavioral states in premature infants, researchers found.” LITTLE FALLS, N.J., May 29 — Music may reduce pain and improve behavioral states in premature infants, researchers found. A systematic review of nine studies investigating the effects of music on outcomes in premature […]
Can Preemies Benefit from Music?
Picture a mother softly crooning to her newborn. Picture this throughout history because I believe that mothers have instinctively done this from the beginning of time. Why? Because it calms the infant and it also calms the mother! What if the baby comes early? No one plans for a preemie but all over the world, […]
Mozart and Lullabies
Why Mozart with babies? If you have a newborn, you might want to know more about Mozart and Lullabies. This past week I was speaking at a hospital in New York and the subject was “The Importance of Music with Pregnancy, Preemies, and Newborns.” The topic arose as to whether playing Mozart was better for […]
Adult "Preemies" in the NICU?
Adult ‘preemies’ get NICU treatment By Lois M. Collins Deseret News Published: Friday, Jan. 9, 2009 1:06 a.m. MST The room is dark and mostly silent, except for the sound of a heartbeat that seems to reverberate everywhere. “Baby” lies on the floor, eyes closed and peaceful. Then the doors fling open and noisy people […]