Pacifier (IMAGE)

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Pacifier

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Premature babies who receive an interventional therapy combining their mother's voice and a pacifier-activated music player learn to eat more efficiently and have their feeding tubes removed sooner than other preemies.

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Photo courtesy of Vanderbilt University Medical Center

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