Download or read book Music Therapy for Premature and Newborn Infants written by Monika Nocker-Ribaupierre and published by Barcelona Publishers(NH). This book was released on 2004 with total page 250 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: 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.