Music Therapy For Premature And Newborn Infants

a comprehensive international collection of writings on music therapy with premature and newborn infants in neonatal intensive care units the book includes different approaches to research and clinical practice based on interdisciplinary knowledge and current research the purpose is to show the benefits of music and music therapy as a supportive intervention for hospitalized infants and their parents by addressing the short and long term development of the infant infant parent relationships and bonding and the infant s unfolding ability to communicate part one deals with basic theores the treatment concept nidcap with its focus on the infant s development and the significance of the auditory system current research on auditive development a recent study on attachment formation the psychoanalytical view of the mother s voice from the onset of prenatal life and the possibilities of music for regulation and synchronization within relationships part two presents an overview of individual music therapy approaches in research and clinical practice qualitative and quantitatve research with functional and psychotherapeutic aspects using a wide range of musics and musical elements each chapter contains research as well as clinical practice and experience the final chapters provide practical advice for implementing music therapy in nicu s at the end there is a comprehensive bibliography covering medicine developmental psychology psychoanalysis bonding research and music therapy 2004 paperback 226 pages 28 table of contents front matter part one the basics chapter 1 christine b fischer and heidelise als trusting behavioral communication 1 chapter 2 kenneth j gerhardt and robert m abrams fetal hearing implications for the neonate chapter 3 tina gutbrod and dieter wolke attachment formation in very premature infants a new generation 33 chapter 4 suzanne maiello on the meaning of prenatal auditory perception and memory for the development of the mind a psychoanalytic perspective