Investigation of Foetal Auditory Abilities to Perceive Music - Effects on Brain Activity

niversity of Waikato0 sites131 target enrollmentApril 10, 2024

Overview

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Registry

who.int

Start Date

April 10, 2024

End Date

TBD

Last Updated

last year

Study Type

Interventional

Sex

Female

Sponsor

niversity of Waikato

•All participants will be volunteers which will be selected based on the following inclusion criteria:
•maternal age: 18\-42 years old
•singleton pregnancy
•gestational age is between 35 weeks \+ 0 days – 36 weeks \+6 days
•no pregnancy complications
•healthy mother and healthy foetus
•age\-appropriate foetal development: abdominal circumference above the 5th
•percentile, estimated foetal weight greater than or equal to 10th percentile, and single
•deepest pocket greater than or equal to 2 cm (Ministry of
•Health, 2019\)

•Women will be excluded if they meet one or more of the following exclusion criteria:
•multifetal pregnancy
•gestational age is \< 35 weeks or \>37 weeks
•pregnancy complications which affect foetal HR, auditory, neuronal, or general foetal
•development
•maternal health issues which put either the mother\-to\-be or the foetus at risk or which
•affect foetal cardiac, auditory, neuronal, or its general development
•foetal abnormalities or health issues which affect foetal HR, auditory, neuronal, or its
•general development (e. g. Down syndrome)
•the foetus is small for gestational age: abdominal circumference \< 5th percentile,