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Prenatal Music Exposure to Enhance Postnatal Language Development
Sponsor: Chinese University of Hong Kong
Summary
The goal of this randomized controlled study is to evaluate the effect of prenatal music exposure on infants through two years of age. The study addresses two primary questions: * Whether prenatal music exposure enhances neural encoding of speech and improve language and cognitive outcomes during the first two years of life among fetuses * Whether predictive models can be developed from available fetal data to forecast individual differences in developmental outcomes among fetuses exposed to prenatal music. Participants will engage in music listening or self-learning five days a week until delivery. After the participants give birth, the children will be followed up on their neural responses to speech, as well as their language and cognitive development, until they reach two years of age. The investigators will compare the effects of low- and high-dose prenatal music exposure with a control group receiving education and develop models to predict outcomes in fetuses exposed to prenatal music.
Key Details
Gender
FEMALE
Age Range
18 Years - Any
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment
480
Start Date
2025-09-15
Completion Date
2030-04
Last Updated
2026-07-13
Healthy Volunteers
Yes
Conditions
Interventions
High dose music Exposure
Participants will be exposed to children's songs in various languages for 40 minutes daily, five days per week, with 80% of songs presented at approximately 75 dB SPL and 20% at approximately 10 dB SPL.
Education
Participants will learn independently from short educational videos and audios on pregnancy, maternal and child health, and parenting, five days a week.
Low dose music exposure
Participants will be exposed to children's songs in various languages for 15 minutes daily, five days per week, with 20% of songs presented at approximately 75 dB SPL and 80% at approximately 10 dB SPL.
Locations (2)
BaoAn Hospital
Shenzhen, China
The Prince of Wales Hospital
Hong Kong, Hong Kong