Early vocal contact and music in the NICU: new insights into preventive interventions

Autor: Joana Sa de Almeida, Petra Susan Hüppi, Didier Maurice Grandjean, Maria Grazia Monaci, Pierre Kuhn, Manuela Filippa, Lara Lordier, Alexandra Adam-Darque
Přispěvatelé: Institut des Neurosciences Cellulaires et Intégratives (INCI), Université de Strasbourg (UNISTRA)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2020
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Zdroj: Pediatric Research
Pediatric Research, Nature Publishing Group, 2020, 87 (2), pp.249-264. ⟨10.1038/s41390-019-0490-9⟩
ISSN: 0031-3998
1530-0447
Popis: It is now clearly established that the environment and the sensory stimuli, particularly during the perinatal period, have an impact on infant's development. During the last trimester of gestation, activity-dependent plasticity shapes the fetal brain, and prematurity has been shown to alter the typical developmental trajectories. In this delicate period, preventive interventions aiming at modulating these developmental trajectories through activity-inducing interventions are currently underway to be tested. The purpose of this review paper is to describe the potentialities of early vocal contact and music on the preterm infant's brain development, and their potential beneficial effect on early development. Scientific evidence supports a behavioral orientation of the newborn to organized sounds, such as those of voice and music, and recent neuroimaging studies further confirm full cerebral processing of music as multisensory stimuli. However, the impact of long-term effects of music exposure and early vocal contact on preterm infants' long-term neurodevelopment needs be further investigated. To conclude, it is necessary to establish the neuroscientific bases of the early perception and the long-term effects of music and early vocal contact on the premature newborns' development. Scientific projects are currently on the way to fill this gap in knowledge.
Databáze: OpenAIRE