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Reading and singing to preemies helps parents feel comfortable with their fragile babies

  • Written by Brenda Hussey-Gardner, Associate Professor, Pediatrics, University of Maryland, Baltimore
A mother in the Mother Goose on the Loose program reading to her infant. University of Maryland Medical System Foundation, CC BY-SA

One out of 10 babies is born prematurely in the United States. These babies typically are cared for in neonatal intensive care units, often called NICUs.

Traditional NICUs have an open-bay design where multiple babies...

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