The Effect of Music Intervention on Fetal Education via Doppler Fetal Monitor

Lee, Liza; Chang, Yu-Hsin; Liang, Wei-Ju; Huang, Yao-Cing

doi:10.3390/children9060918

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The Effect of Music Intervention on Fetal Education via Doppler Fetal Monitor

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Department of Early Childhood Development and Education, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 413310, Taiwan

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Department of Marketing and Logistics Management, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 413310, Taiwan

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Ph.D. Program Business Administration in Industrial Development, Department of Business Administration, Chaoyang University of Technology, Taichung 413310, Taiwan

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Qiao-Ai Non-Profit Preschool, Changhua 503006, Taiwan

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Children 2022, 9(6), 918; https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060918

Submission received: 10 May 2022 / Revised: 16 June 2022 / Accepted: 16 June 2022 / Published: 18 June 2022

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Improving Early Childhood Nurturing Care to Support Childhood Development and Adult Health)

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This study focused on the effects of music intervention on fetal education in pregnant women. The fetal heart rate of the fetus at 30–38 weeks of gestational age was monitored by an ultrasound Doppler fetal monitor, and differences in the frequency of fetal movement responses to familiar and unfamiliar music courses were recorded and analyzed. The analysis results showed that the fetuses had less fetal movement to fixed singing activities, with a mean of 0.7 and a standard deviation of 0.79. On the contrary, the fetuses had significant fetal movement responses to irregular singing, with a mean of 1.73 and a standard deviation of 1.37. The results showed that the fetus receives external sounds through hearing, and a pregnant woman singing fixed music to her fetus can stabilize the frequency of fetal movement, promote the health of herself and the fetus, and establish maternal-fetal bonding.

Keywords: holistic music educational approach for young children; maternal-fetal bonding; doppler fetal monitor; fetal heart rate

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Lee, L.; Chang, Y.-H.; Liang, W.-J.; Huang, Y.-C. The Effect of Music Intervention on Fetal Education via Doppler Fetal Monitor. Children 2022, 9, 918. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060918

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Lee L, Chang Y-H, Liang W-J, Huang Y-C. The Effect of Music Intervention on Fetal Education via Doppler Fetal Monitor. Children. 2022; 9(6):918. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060918

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Lee, Liza, Yu-Hsin Chang, Wei-Ju Liang, and Yao-Cing Huang. 2022. "The Effect of Music Intervention on Fetal Education via Doppler Fetal Monitor" Children 9, no. 6: 918. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060918

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Lee, L., Chang, Y.-H., Liang, W.-J., & Huang, Y.-C. (2022). The Effect of Music Intervention on Fetal Education via Doppler Fetal Monitor. Children, 9(6), 918. https://doi.org/10.3390/children9060918

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