Background: High sound pressure levels may be harmful to the maturing newborn. Current guidelines suggest that the sound pressure levels within a neonatal intensive care unit should not exceed 45 dB(A ...

If your baby has to go to the Neonatal Internal Care Unit (NICU), you will see lots of high-tech equipment. Some of it can seem intimidating and scary. However, all of it is there to help healthcare ...

You’ve been waiting so long to meet your new arrival that when something happens to keep you apart it can be devastating. No new parent wants to be separated from their baby. If you have a premature ...

Incubators save the lives of many babies, but new data suggest that the ambient noise associated with the incubator experience could put babies' hearing and language development skills at risk.