Combined Oral Motor Stimulation and Language on Preterm Infant Feeding
Recruiting
N/A
Interventional Study
Language Delay
Language Development
Feeding; Difficult, Newborn
Mother-Infant Interaction
Maternal Behavior
No Placebo Group
Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
Healthy Volunteers Welcome
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
At a Glance
- Age
- 23 Weeks – 30 Weeks
- Sex
- Any
- Study type
- Interventional
- Purpose
- Prevention
- Participants needed
- 124 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island · Other
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About This Trial
This is a randomized controlled trial to study an oromotor stimulation in combination with a reading curriculum in the NICU among preterm infants using oral muscle exercises, Language Environment Analysis (LENA) recordings, linguistic feedback, and a language curriculum to improve the neonatal inpatient oral feeding and language outcomes for preterm infants.
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria:
* 23-30 weeks
* English and Spanish speaking
Exclusion Criteria:
* Major congenital anomalies
* Surgical necrotizing enterocolitis
* Non-English and Non-Spanish speaking
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