Sound Reduction Management in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit for Preterm or Very Low Birth Weight Infants
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews
Almadhoob, A., & Ohlsson, A. (2015).
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 1, CD010333.
This systematic review investigates the impact of excessive noice in the neonatal intensive care unit and the effects of sound reduction on growth and long-term neurodevelopmental outcomes in pre-term infants (less than 32 weeks gestation or birth weight was less than 1,500 grams).
The Cochrane Collaboration; Mount Sinai Hospital (Canada); Salmaniya Medical Complex, Ministry of Health (Bahrain); Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, National Institutes of Health
One study found auditory brainstem response and mental development index outcomes favoring the use of silicone earplugs to decrease environmental noise in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) for pre-term infants. However, there is a lack of evidence whether interventions that decrease environmental noise exposure in the NICU improve overall outcomes for pre-term infants.
