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Medical News Today, Thursday, October 22nd, 2009-
Impact Of Stress On Male Fertility Highlighted By Fetal Study -
Exposure to a combination of excess stress hormones and chemicals while in the womb could affect a man's fertility in later life, a study suggests.
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/
Fox News, Video Clip July 17th, 2009:
HealthDay News, Wednesday, July 15, 2009: Fetuses that are only 25-30 weeks old may already possess short-term memory, Dutch researchers report.
http://www.ajc.com/health/content/shared-auto/healthnews/brai/629039.html
Med Page Today, Feburary 4th, 2009: Mother's Environment Affects
Severity Of Learning Disorders
http://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/
137826.php
USA Today, January 26th, 2009: Study Suggests Babies Get the Beat
at Birth
http://www.usatoday.com/news/health/2009-01-26-babies-rhythm_N.htm
Med Page Today, October 23rd, 2008: Pre term Birth Risk
Is Magnified If Mothers are Depressed
http://www.medpagetoday.com/OBGYN/Pregnancy/11437
Web MD, October 8, 2008: Music Reduces Pregnancy Stress -
Classical Music, Nature Sounds, Lullabies Reduce Stress, Anxiety, Depression
http://www.webmd.com/baby/news/20081008/music-reduces-pregnancy-stress
BBC News - Tuesday, 2 December 2008: Pop tunes 'used to
calm babies'
Rocking a baby to sleep has been given a whole new meaning as mothers
ditch traditional lullabies for popular pop and rock tunes.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/health/7760186.stm
A QUICK GLANCE at some of the pioneers of sound and prenatal music
research:
Alfred Tomatis
For pregnancies, Alfred Tomatis saw no limits
to how sound can help us even when we're still forming in the
womb. Since his early ground breaking research, the
science
behind
prenatal
development is growing, and many other researchers have contributed
to this field. Dr. Alfred Tomatis, a pioneer in sound therapy
research conducted throughout the 20th century
discovered that prenatal sounds form an important developmental
component in prenatal life because of their proven ability to
facilitate a neurological foundation for learning and behavior
(http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alfred_Tomatis).
Gissele Whitwell
Some more information points to the stages of
prenatal development and how the sensory functions begin to form.
In her paper, The Importance of Prenatal Sound and Music,
Gissele makes a convincing assessment using factual data: The
ear first appears in the 3rd week of gestation and it becomes
functional
by the 16th
week. The fetus begins listening by the 24th week. The cochlear
structures of the ear appear to function by the 20th week and mature
synapses have been found between the 24th and 28th weeks. See the
data and more in Gissele Whitwell's paper, The Importance
of Prenatal Sound and Music (http://www.birthpsychology.com/lifebefore/sound1.html).
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