U.S., Sept. 16 -- ClinicalTrials.gov registry received information related to the study (NCT07819734) titled 'The Effects of Pacifier-Activated Lullaby on Oral Feeding Among Preterm Infants' on Aug. 31.
Brief Summary: Preterm infants often have difficulty learning how to feed by mouth because the coordination of sucking, swallowing, and breathing develops later in pregnancy. Delays in achieving full oral feeding can prolong hospitalization and increase the need for tube feeding.
This study evaluated whether a Pacifier-Activated Lullaby (PAL) system could improve oral feeding performance in preterm infants. The PAL device plays a recorded maternal or caregiver voice when an infant generates an adequate non-nutritive suck on a pacifier, pro...