A mother’s voice plays a crucial role in early child development, particularly for the health of premature babies, suggests the findings of a French study.
A review of 15 studies involving 512 preterm infants born between 2000-2015 found hearing the maternal voice, either recorded or live, appears to play a role in stabilising the infants.
It was linked with physical and behavioural benefits as well as fewer cardiorespiratory events, according to the review published in journal Acta Paediatrica.
