Short-term Effects of Live Music in Preterm Infants

Short-term Effects of Live Pentatonic Music on Physiological Parameters in Preterm Infants - A Randomized Controlled Trial With Crossover Design

The purpose of this study is to determine the effects of pentatonic live music on physiological parameters in preterm infants.

Inclusion Criteria:

• Gestational age 26-34 weeks; no use of CPAP (Continous Positive Airway Pressure) or any other form of mechanical ventilation; signed informed consent of the parents

Exclusion Criteria:

• Heart defect or known cardiac arrhythmia; other diseases of the preterm and newborn period (including infections and chromosomal aberrations) which make an additional diagnostic and therapeutic intervention unacceptable; detection of deafness (TEOAE, transitory evoked otoacoustic emission)