Music for NICU Babies
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Improve your Premature Baby's Oxygen Saturation

100 %

Drops in oxygen saturation below this percentage can cause:
Physical and Mental damages

This graph is an example of the oxygen saturation drops that can occur on premature babies. It also shows how preemie music therapy can help to improve and stabilise oxygen saturation.

Introducing

"The Breath of a New Life"

Trusted Since 2002

Play it Anytime

Play it when your baby needs it.

Used By NICU Nurses

Trusted and Used in German NICU Stations

Music for NICU Babies: For NICUs and at Home

After being used for many years in European Neonatal Intensive Care Units (NICU), our clinically proven premature baby music therapy “The Breath of a New Life” is now trusted and used by NICU Nurses and Doctors.

Tibor Levay has created with this therapeutic music a supportive tool. It is clinically tested and proven to have a positive effect on premature babies.

With the above mentioned benefits you will be able to actively contribute to the wellbeing of your child.

Music for NICU Babies.

Proven Benefits

Improve Oxygen Saturation

Stabilise Heart Rate

Stabilise Breathing

Feedback

Our daughter came, in the 35th week of gestation, 26/07/2006 into the world, her lungs were not fully developed, she had a serious lung infection that required two blood transfusions and had two heart defects. I searched the Internet and came to this site, ordered this CD and played it to my daughter regularly which impressed me , the doctors + nurses also. As her breathing and her heartbeat normalized, less O2 was needed and both she and I relaxed. Two years have passed and we still listen to the CD almost every day to relax after a stressful day, just great.

Sabine

Preemie Music Therapy

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The Situation: Prematurity

  • The number of the premature infants born each year increases. Every year, an estimated 15 million babies are born preterm (before 37 completed weeks of gestation) (WHO 2018).
  • The medical and technical possibilities are meanwhile very good. The incubator helps the babies to develop and stabilize all vital functions such as the heart and respiration rate.
  • Through the use of medicines the not yet sufficiently developed vital functions are additionally supported.
  • It is a new tendency to improve premature babies quality of life in the NICU and their developmental period followed thereafter to reduce or avoid damages beyond that.

Problem

Through the necessary medical equipment, preemies in the incubators are exposed to a high noise volume. It is not possible to avoid the environmental noise by the hospital personnel in the respective unit rooms. The baby’s hearing is already completely developed in the 6th pregnancy month and it hears everything, it is thereby additionally set under stress.

Tibor Levay, the composer of the music for NICU babies, is playing the music to a preemie in an incubator.

Result

Due to the medical progress today the chances of survival for prematurely born babies are very high.
The risk of health impairments in later life can be decreased by additional therapies.

Objective

The objective was to develop a special musical sound world co-ordinated with the situation of the preemies in the incubator.
The aim of the therapy is to invite babies in a completely natural and gentle way into life.
A music therapy which helps to support the important vital functions of the preemies:

• Stabilization of Respiration and Heart Frequency.
In order to optimize the oxygen in the blood and brain.

• Creation of a sheltered atmosphere for the baby through a special music therapy.

It should not only quieter than the noises in the incubator and the surrounding noise, but absorb them in the best possible way.

 

After years of highly detailed work our harmonizing music for NICU babies was born, we called it:

The Breath of a New Life“. 

Premature baby sleeping in an incubator, listening to the music therapy. Music for NICU Babies.

Available As an App

Introduction

The "Breath of a New Life" is a clinically proven premature baby music therapy that has been trusted and used by NICU doctors and nurses for many years in European NICUs. The app is now available for download, providing parents with a tool to actively participate in their premature child's daily progress.

Problem

One of the biggest problems preemies face is stress, which can make it difficult for them to breathe deeply. Environmental noises such as medical equipment alarms, personnel noise in the hospital, and later, at home, can set preemies under additional stress.

Objective

Stabilize emotional and cognitive development, stabilize respiration and heart frequency, and create a sheltered atmosphere for the baby through music therapy that absorbs high noise levels. It can be fully recognized even through the water barrier in the baby's ears, making it ideal for the later stages of pregnancy to have mother and child relaxed and connected.

Duration:

The music therapy is 43 minutes long, and its positive effects last for the next 40 to 60 minutes.

Application:

The music therapy is suitable for clinically stable preemies and is recommended for mothers with twins and those struggling with sleep. Information on how to apply the therapy can be found in the app.

Music for NICU Babies - FAQ

What is NICU Music Therapy?

Music therapy in the NICU includes live singing and or playing instruments to provide a calming effect for the baby. Our music therapy incorporates these elements into a dedicated recorded therapy.

Can premature babies listen to music?

How can I help my premature baby in the NICU?

The use of our music therapy has been clinically proven to improve premature babies breathing, heart rate, and oxygen saturation.

What is the difference between live music therapy and your Preemie Music Therapy?

Our music therapy was developed for years with scientific experiments and clinical studies. You can utilise it anytime your baby needs it.

When can premature babies listen to music?

Important: They can listen to music when they are clinically stable (ask your doctor). Listening times include after the Care procedure and in cases when your baby is not feeling well.

If you have any questions you can message us by clicking Contact/Experiences

Blog

Music Series

For babies to help with:
• Breastfeeding
• Focusing 
• Sleeping

For Mothers:
• Assist with emotional and physical rejuvenation

Baby music to help with breastfeeding, sleeping, focusing, playing and an album dedicated to support mothers.

Reviews

Letters from parents who use our music

Our Leonie came into the world four and a half years ago. In the 32nd week of gestation, her lungs were not fully developed and her heart rate frequency decreased. I searched for and ordered this CD immediately. Even in the hospital they were all thrilled. The CD is still routine listening after almost four and a half years. It is simply fantastic.

Heike

Preemie Music Therapy

Our daughter came, in the 35th week of gestation, 26/07/2006 into the world, her lungs were not fully developed, she had a serious lung infection that required two blood transfusions and had two heart defects. I searched the Internet and came to this site, ordered this CD and played it to my daughter regularly which impressed me , the doctors + nurses also. As her breathing and her heartbeat normalized, less O2 was needed and both she and I relaxed. Two years have passed and we still listen to the CD almost every day to relax after a stressful day, just great.

Sabine

Preemie Music Therapy