Foetal response to music and voice

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Obstetrics and Gynaecology

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 414-417

  Al Qahtani, Noura H ^a  

^a IMAM ABDULRAHMAN BIN FAISAL UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Auditory stimulation; Foetal behaviour; Human foetus; Music; Voice

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; AUDIOMETER; AUDITORY STIMULATION; BEHAVIOR; CONTROLLED STUDY; FEMALE; FETUS; FETUS ELECTROCARDIOGRAPHY; FETUS GROWTH; FETUS HEART RATE; HUMAN; HUMAN EXPERIMENT; MOTOR PERFORMANCE; MUSIC; NOISE; PRENATAL PERIOD; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOUND PRESSURE; VOICE;

ACOUSTIC STIMULATION; COHORT STUDIES; FEMALE; FETAL DEVELOPMENT; FETAL MOVEMENT; GESTATIONAL AGE; HEART RATE; HUMANS; MUSIC THERAPY; PREGNANCY; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; SENSITIVITY AND SPECIFICITY;

EID: 29244456417     PISSN: 00048666     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1479-828X.2005.00458.x     Document Type: Article

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