Sound of mother's voice and heartbeat boost premature baby's development, study finds | Daily Mail Online: Researchers at Harvard University played recordings to 20 premature babies in incubators of their mothers' heartbeat, singing and as they read
The sounds were altered to mimic the noises experienced in the womb
The infants' auditory cortexes - a part of the brain that processes sound - grew larger than in 20 other babies who were exposed to background noise
It suggests mothers could play a greater role in the care of preterm babies
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