Infants born very preterm react to variations of the acoustic environment in their incubator from a minimum signal-to-noise ratio threshold of 5 to 10 dBA

Pediatric Research

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 386-392

  Kuhn, Pierre ^a,b   Zores, Claire ^a,b   Pebayle, Thierry ^a   Hoeft, Alain ^a   Langlet, Claire ^b   Escande, Benoît ^b   Astruc, Dominique ^b   Dufour, André ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE STRASBOURG   (France)

^b HÔPITAL DE HAUTEPIERRE   (France)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AROUSAL; ARTICLE; AUDIO RECORDING; AUDITORY RESPONSE; AUDITORY THRESHOLD; BREATHING RATE; FEMALE; HEART RATE; HUMAN; MALE; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; OXYGEN SATURATION; PREMATURITY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; SIGNAL NOISE RATIO; SOUND PRESSURE;

ACOUSTICS; BEHAVIOR; BIRTH WEIGHT; BLOOD PRESSURE; ENVIRONMENT; FEMALE; HEARING; HEART RATE; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT, NEWBORN; INFANT, PREMATURE; INTENSIVE CARE, NEONATAL; MALE; NOISE; OXYGEN; PRESSURE; RESPIRATION, ARTIFICIAL; SIGNAL-TO-NOISE RATIO; SOUND; TIME FACTORS; VIDEO RECORDING;

EID: 84857947770     PISSN: 00313998     EISSN: 15300447     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/pr.2011.76     Document Type: Article

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