Watch Kat speak about NICU Music Therapy

4 COMMON NICU MT INTERVENTIONS

Multimodal Stimulation (MMS) is a treatment that follows a specific stimulation sequence based on neurological development of the infant. Infants at 30 weeks GA or older are candidates for MMS. The infant achieves Increased tolerance to stimulation and homeostasis through this intervention.

Infant Stimulation through Music is utilized when the infant is medically stable and has reached at least 28 weeks GA. This technique increases O2 saturation, regulates respiration following extubation, and allows opportunity for auditory processing.

Pacifier Activated Lullaby (PAL‚) is a mechanism that increases sucking endurance and reduces pain perception.

Parent Training and Counseling provides parents with information about behavioral signs of overstimulation and training for MMS.

 RESEARCH-BASED EFFECTS OF MUSIC THERAPY ON PREMATURE INFANTS

Increases oxygen saturation levels
Increases infant self-regulatory behaviors
Reduces infant stress behaviors
Decreases length of hospital stay
Masks aversive, stressful noises in NICU
Encourages appropriate parent/infant interaction
Accelerates weight gain
Increases non-nutritive sucking
Provides opportunity for habituation to stimuli (hence greater maturation)
Relays language information in song-like quality for faster language development