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The Effect of Womb Recordings on Maturation of Respiratory Control in Preterm Infants
Sponsor: Case Western Reserve University
Summary
The aim of this proposal is to characterize the acute effect of early postnatal sound exposure on neuronal maturation of the respiratory control regions of the brain in preterm infants.
Official title: Womb Recordings and Respiratory Control Maturation in Neonates
Key Details
Gender
All
Age Range
1 Week - 5 Weeks
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
34
Start Date
2022-09-16
Completion Date
2026-11
Last Updated
2025-12-05
Healthy Volunteers
No
Interventions
Womb sound recordings
Womb sounds will be chosen from commercially available (Amazon) womb recordings using a recording that most closely resembles the womb including maternal heart rate, fetal heartbeat, respiratory sounds, bowel "popping" sounds and frequency spectra as described by Parga, Daland 2018 et al.
Locations (1)
University Hospitals Cleveland Medical Center
Cleveland, Ohio, United States