Music May Orchestrate Better Brain Connectivity in Preterm Infants

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🗓️ 28 May 2019

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Preterm babies who listened to music in the neonatal intensive care unit had brain activity that more closely resembled that of full-term babies. Christopher Intagliata reports. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:35.0	I'm Christopher and Tagayata.
0:37.0	15 million babies are born prematurely every year worldwide.
0:41.0	In some cases, the early births can be life-threatening or cause developmental issues.
0:46.0	They have more attention deficit difficulties.
0:50.0	They can have a high risk of having autism and in general sort of
0:56.7	socio-emotional regulation issues.
0:59.2	Petra Hoopi, a pediatrician and neonatologist at the University Hospital of Geneva.
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