Music Therapy for Premature and Newborn Infants

Edited by Monika Nöcker-Ribaupierre

Print ISBNs:  1-891278-20-7 or  978-1-891278-20-4



$28


A comprehensive international collection of writings on music therapy with premature and newborn infants in Neonatal Intensive Care Units. The book includes different approaches to research and clinical practice, based on interdisciplinary knowledge and current research. The purpose is to show the benefits of music and music therapy as a supportive intervention for hospitalized infants and their parents, by addressing the short- and long-term development of the infant, infant-parent relationships and bonding, and the infant’s unfolding ability to communicate.

Part One deals with basic theores: the treatment concept, NIDCAP, with its focus on the infant’s development and the significance of the auditory system; current research on auditive development; a recent study on attachment formation; the psychoanalytical view of the mother’s voice from the onset of prenatal life; and the possibilities of music for regulation and synchronization within relationships.

Part Two presents: an overview of individual music therapy approaches in research and clinical practice; qualitative and quantitatve research with functional and psychotherapeutic aspects using a wide range of musics and musical elements. Each chapter contains research as well as clinical practice and experience.

he final chapters provide practical advice for implementing music therapy in NICU’s. At the end, there is a comprehensive bibliography covering medicine, developmental psychology, psychoanalysis, bonding research, and music therapy. (2004;ISBN 1-891278-20-7, 226 pages, $28

Reviews By:

* Joke Bradt in Music Therapy Perspectives (2005), 3 (2), pages 152-154

* Shannon O’Gorman BMus(Ther)Hons, RMT Child and Youth Mental Health Service;
Mater Children’s Hospital, Brisbane in The Australian Journal of Music Therapy (2005)

* Dikla Kerem in the Nordic Journal of Music Therapy Online Reviews, August 31, 2005

* Jacqueline Robarts in the British Journal of Music Therapy, February, 2005



 

Table of Contents
Dedication AcknowledgementsTable of ContentsList of ContributorsPrefaceForeword iiiv viii xxiiixv
Part One: The Basics
Chapter1 Christine B. Fischer and Heidelise Als:
Trusting Behavioral Communication		 1
Chapter 2 Kenneth J. Gerhardt and Robert M. Abrams
Fetal Hearing: Implications for the Neonate
Chapter 3 Tina Gutbrod and Dieter Wolke:
Attachment Formation in Very Premature Infants
A New Generation		 33
Chapter 4 Suzanne Maiello:
On the Meaning of Prenatal Auditory Perception and Memory
For the Development of the Mind: A Psychoanalytic Perspective		 51
Chapter 5 Gisela M. Lenz and Dorothee von Moreau:
Coming TogetherResonance and Synchronization as a Regulating
Factor in Relationships		 67
Part Two: Research and Clinical Practice
Chapter 6 Fred J. Schwartz:
Medical Music Therapy for the Premature BabyResearch Review		 85
Chapter 7 Monika Nocker-Ribaupierre:
The Mothers VoiceA Bridge Between Two Worlds		 97
Chapter 8 Marie-Luise Zimmer:
Premature Babies Have Premature Mothers:
Practical Experiences with Premature Infants and Their Mothers
Using Auditive Stimulation With the Mothers Voice		 113
Chapter 9 Elisabeth Dardart:
Life in Neonatal Careor the Situation of the Premature Baby		 129
Chapter 10 Helen Shoemark:
Family-Centered Music Therapy for Infants With Complex Medical
and Surgical Needs		 141
Chapter 11 Joanne V. Loewy:
A Clinical Model of Music Therapy in the NICU		 159
Chapter 12 Deanna Hanson Abromeit:
A Resource Guide for Establishing a Neonatal Music Therapy Program		 177
Bibliography 191