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Mother's Voice Calms Kids Best, Study Shows
Lullabies may be soothing, but there's nothing quite like the sound of a mother's voice to truly calm a child, a new study concludes. The study, presented at last weekend's meeting of the Society of Critical Care Medicine in San Diego, looked at 29 children, between the ages of 3 months and 8 years, who had pneumonia or other critical illnesses. When the children's medication was wearing off, they were exposed on six occasions to either a tape of soothing music; the music along with the voice of the child's caregiver (usually the mother but sometimes the father); or a blank tape, according to wire reports. Scores on the levels of agitation among the children were lowest after listening to the tape with the mother's voice and the music. |
