Language Exposure for Preterm Infants is Reduced Relative to Fetuses.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

To assess changes and deficits in language and auditory exposures consequent to preterm birth and neonatal intensive care unit stay compared with exposures in utero among typically developing fetuses.

Study design

We analyzed over 23 000 hours of auditory exposure data in a cohort study of 27 typically-developing fetuses and 24 preterm infants. Extrauterine exposures for fetuses were captured by having pregnant women wear 24-hour audio recording devices. For preterm infants, recording devices were placed in the infant's crib. Multilevel linear regressions were conducted to test for group differences and effects of infant sex, maternal education, and mother' occupation. A linear mixed-effects model was used to test for an effect of speaker gender.

Results

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SUBMITTER: Monson BB 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10390654 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature