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Combined Oral Motor Stimulation and Language on Preterm Infant Feeding

Women and Infants Hospital of Rhode Island · NCT05861531

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Key facts

Compensation
Not posted. Ask the study team before screening.
Who can join
Ages 5 mo–7 mo · All sexes
Healthy volunteers
Accepted
Study type
Interventional · Not applicable
Target enrollment
124
US sites recruiting
1
Study start
July 1, 2025
Record last updated
September 17, 2025

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What the study is about

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.

Being studied: Oromotor stimulation; Reading curriculum; LENA recording; LENA linguistic feedback; No oromotor stimulation

Conditions: Language Delay; Language Development; Feeding; Difficult, Newborn; Mother-Infant Interaction; Maternal Behavior

Eligibility criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

  • 23-30 weeks
  • English and Spanish speaking

Exclusion Criteria

  • Major congenital anomalies
  • Surgical necrotizing enterocolitis
  • Non-English and Non-Spanish speaking

Recruiting US locations

  • Women & Infants NICU

    Providence, RI 02905

    Site contact: Julia MD · 401-430-7445 · jmayne@wihri.org

Study contacts (from the official record)

  • Julia Mayne, MD · 4014307445 · jmayne@wihri.org
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