Effects Of Parent-Child Music Training On Language Development Of Discharged Premature Infants In NICU

Objectives To analyze the effect of parent-child music training on the language development of premature infants discharged from the neonatal intensive care unit(NICU).Methods A total of 98 premature infants at 40-44 weeks post menstrual age who were followed up in the Child Rehabilitation Department of Tangshan Maternal and Child Health Hospital from May to December 2020 were selected as the research objects,and were randomly divided into three groups.The premature infants in the control group received routine family guidance.In addition,the premature infants in the music listening group and the parent-child music group listened to lullabies and received parent-child music training respectively.The intervention time was 15-20 min/d for 3 months.The premature infants and their mothers were assessed by Gesell developmental scale(GDS)and Mothers’ object relationship-child[MORS(Child)] before and after intervention and at 12 months of corrected age.Results After intervention,the DQ of language area of GDS in the parent-child music group and the music listening group was significantly higher than that in the control group(P<0.05),the DQ of language area in the parent-child music group was significantly higher than that in the control group at 12 months of corrected age(P<0.05).The scores of the MORS(Child)in the three groups increased gradually with time,but the scores of the parent-child music group were significantly higher than those of the other two groups after intervention and at 12 months of corrected age(P<0.05).After controlling for the change of MORS(Child)scale score,the DQ of GDS in the parentchild music group was higher than that in the control group 3 months after intervention,and the difference was marginal significant(P=0.055),at 12 months of corrected age,the DQ of GDS in the parent-child music group was higher than that in the control group,and the difference was marginal significant(P=0.059).Conclusions Parent-child music training can promote the language development of premature infants discharged from the NICU.Figure 4;Table 5;Reference 153...