Babies
Prenatal Learning System Uses Music to Teach
By
Nov 16, 2006, 23:02

(NewsUSA) - Music can soothe the savage beast. But did you know it can also teach the unborn child?

That's the idea behind a new prenatal learning system from Baby Bee Bright Corp.

The Baby Bee Bright system consists of a CD player, headphones and five CDs of lullabies and classical music, stories and poetry, and also includes a fetal microphone stereo and transponders - so that an expectant mother can communicate with her child or simply play music. Safe and effective, the system does not use AC current, ultrasound or radio waves.

The object of using the system is to stimulate the unborn child's sense of hearing, which is linked to learning skills.

"All children listen to learn," said Dr. Dorothy Dougherty, a speech pathologist and author of "How to Talk to Your Baby." "Language learning begins in the womb, and they listen to their mother's voice. The more they hear, the greater their vocabulary and the greater their IQ."

The ear is the most developed organ prior to birth, and by the 22nd week of pregnancy the prenatal brain is developed enough that hearing can take place.

"This is the earliest window of opportunity for auditory processing capabilities to become enhanced," said Dr. Philip De Fina, director of neuropsychological research at the New York University Brain Research Laboratories.

De Fina notes that the skills picked up inside the womb, through exchanges between mother and unborn child, amount to a competency that increases over time.

"From early prenatal development during the third trimester, the process of hearing and discerning differences of sounds emerges and continues postnatally and through infancy and toddlerhood stages of development," he said. "A product like Baby Bee Bright may enhance this early development and subsequently redefine the concept of early intervention."

For more information, visit www.babybeebright.com.

© Copyright by EveningsNews.com