This episode features Dr. Jayne Standley’s responses to the following questions: What key areas or advancements do you feel are essential to future NICU-MT research endeavors? What are your aspirations for the advancement and impact of the music therapy profession in...
Alexis Ruffner, MT-BC Norton Women’s and Children’s Hospital, Louisville, Kentucky Having a premature infant creates a stressful time for parents. In this podcast, music therapist Alexis Ruffner speaks about the challenges and needs of culturally-diverse families she...
Friederike Haslbeck, Ph.D., DMtG, SFMT This podcast introduces results of a qualitative study of Creative Music Therapy (CMT) in neonatal care via two case examples. It demonstrates how CMT offers the potential for premature infants to engage in communicative...
Matt Logan, MT-BC In this podcast, Matt Logan interviews Kim Hawkins, an experienced NICU Music Therapist who provides services in a highly-rated Neonatal Intensive Care Unit in the United States. In the interview, the speakers address current approaches to treatment,...
Amy Robertson, MM, MT-BC At the Walt Disney Pavilion at Florida Hospital for Children, the music therapy team has started rounding with NICU physicians and other staff which has improved communication as well as orders for music therapy services. In this podcast, the...
Tim Ringgold, MT-BC, NICU-MT In this podcast, the author describes his unique experience as both a trained NICU-MT and the father of a fragile infant in the NICU. He recounts the process of preparing with his wife for their daughter’s birth using music therapy skills....
