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Combined Oral Motor Stimulation and Language on Preterm Infant Feeding
The Combined Association of an Oral Motor Stimulation and Language Intervention on Preterm Infant Feeding
Who can join
23 Weeks – 30 Weeks · All sexes · Healthy volunteers welcome
Full eligibility criteria
Inclusion Criteria: * 23-30 weeks * English and Spanish speaking Exclusion Criteria: * Major congenital anomalies * Surgical necrotizing enterocolitis * Non-English and Non-Spanish speaking
About the study
This is a randomized controlled trial to study an oromotor stimulation in combination with a reading curriculum in the NICU among preterm infants using oral muscle exercises, Language Environment Analysis (LENA) recordings, linguistic feedback, and a language curriculum to improve the neonatal inpatient oral feeding and language outcomes for preterm infants.
What is being tested
- Oromotor stimulation (behavioral)
- Reading curriculum (behavioral)
- LENA recording (behavioral)
- LENA linguistic feedback (behavioral)
- No oromotor stimulation (behavioral)
Sponsor: Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island · Participants: 124 · Started: Jul 1, 2025
Contact the study team
- Julia Mayne, MD · Phone: 4014307445
Official record on ClinicalTrials.gov — NCT05861531
Locations in the U.S.
| Rhode Island | Women & Infants NICU, Providence |
From ClinicalTrials.gov, data retrieved Oct 1, 2026. Each study sets its own eligibility; the study team decides who can join.