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Mother's Voice Promotes Development of Language Pathways in Preemies’ Brains
Playing maternal voice recordings increased premature infants' exposure by 2.7 hours daily and enhanced development of language-related brain pathways, the first trial to show this effect.
- On Oct. 13, Stanford Medicine researchers reported a randomized trial showing maternal voice exposure enhances critical language-processing pathways in premature infants.
- Because fetal hearing starts around 24 weeks gestation, premature birth often reduces speech exposure as parents cannot stay during prolonged hospitalisation until original due date.
- MRI scans at term revealed stronger left-hemisphere connections in infants who heard mothers' recordings during 160 minutes nightly in 10-minute periods, increasing exposure by 2.7 hours daily.
- Researchers plan larger and follow-up trials as the simple recording intervention could easily be added to neonatal care units and did not disrupt babies' sleep, researchers said.
- Katherine Travis said `I was surprised by how strong the effect was`, noting hospital practices and speech exposure influence neural maturation in neonates, while experts urged caution.
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Hearing Mother’s Voice Sparks Accelerated Language Pathway Development in Premature Infant Brain A groundbreaking study led by Stanford Medicine researchers has demonstrated that regular exposure to a mother’s voice can significantly enhance the development of critical language-processing pathways in the brains of premature infants. This novel intervention, involving recorded maternal speech played during the latter […]
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