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To assess whether a musical intervention (maternal/paternal singing) during the skin-to-skin sessions (Kangaroo care) would improve the language development of the preterm infant. Infants will be randomized to singing or silence during the Kangaroo care from the age corresponding to 30th gestational week until term age (40 gestational weeks).


Clinical Trial Description

The outcomes are: a 2- (3-)year neurodevelopmental follow up - Bayley Scales of Infant and Toddler Development, Third Edition (in Finnish in Finland and in Swedish in Sweden) At the age corresponding to term (40 gestational weeks) - Auditory event related potentials (AERPs) in electroencephalography (EEG), in Helsinki cohort - Auditory event related magnetic fields in magnetoencephalgraphy (MEG) in Karolinska cohort - Parental stress with The State Trait Anxiety Inventory (STAI) ;


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NCT number NCT03795454
Study type Interventional
Source University of Helsinki
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Status Completed
Phase N/A
Start date May 3, 2013
Completion date April 6, 2023

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