The Effect of Music on Preterm Infant's Brain Development

The Effect of Music on Functional Processing and Structural and Functional Development of the Preterm Infant's Brain

Studying the effect of music intervention on preterm infants' brain development by MRI and neurodevelopmental assessments

Inclusion Criteria:

• Preterm infants: 33 weeks < gestational age < 37 weeks
• Full-term newborns: 37 weeks gestational age < 42 weeks

Exclusion Criteria:

• Neurological issues or malformations (such as III-IV stade Intraventricular hemorrhage, micro or macrocephaly, hydrocephaly...)
• Because of the high noise caused by nasal continuous positive airway pressure (nCPAP), preterm newborns without at least nCPAP pause before 32 6/7 gestational age will be excluded