New study, mother's voice is a big help for premature babies

11:44 07/09/2021

The bond between mother and child is extraordinary. Recently, it has been discovered that her voice is a great help to premature babies. According to a recent study carried out by the University of Geneva and published in the journal Scientific Reports, it turns out that the mother's voice affects the reduction of pain in the premature newborn in those cases when he is subjected to painful and difficult procedures to keep him alive.

Premature babies are usually treated in intensive care in an incubator for several weeks and undergo a series of medical procedures during this time such as intubation, blood tests, feeding tubes and cannot be injected with painkillers as they are dangerous to development. their neurological.

Even previous studies have confirmed the fact that the presence of parents has a calming effect on babies, including the emotional modulations of the voice. The latest study shows that under specific conditions, in the first days of life, when the mother talks to her baby, the signals of painful expressions decrease significantly in the child.

At the same time, a rather large increase in the release of oxytoxin, the so-called hormone of happiness, has been observed in such cases. at normal levels babies had his level 0.8 picograms per milliliter, and after hearing the mother's voice, the level increased to 1.4.

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