Listening to mom in the neonatal intensive care unit: a randomized trial of increased maternal speech exposure on white matter connectivity in infants born preterm
Preterm neonates with increased maternal speech exposure showed more mature left arcuate microstructure, supporting a causal role of exposure to speech in brain development. Enhancing speech exposure in the NICU may benefit preterm children's language outcomes.
Authors
- Melissa Scala (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-5120-8077)
- Lisa Bruckert (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3472-3675)
- Kristen W. Yeom (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9860-3368)
- Virginia A. Marchman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7183-6743)
- Molly F. Lazarus (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0000-7839-073X)
- Katherine E. Travis (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-0050-911X)
- Heidi M. Feldman (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4435-0913)
- Cory K. Dodson (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-5886-765X)
- Wu Hua (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2474-0196)
- Rocío Velasco Poblaciones (ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9177-8840)
Institutions
- Cornell University (US)
- Burke Medical Research Institute (US)
- Stanford University (US)
Publication Details
- Journal
- Frontiers in Human Neuroscience
- Published
- 2025-10-14
- DOI
- https://doi.org/10.3389/fnhum.2025.1673471
- Primary Topic
- Infant Development and Preterm Care
- Type
- article
- Field-Weighted Citation Impact
- 0.00
Funders
- National Institute of Child Health and Human Development
- Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development