The use of non-nutritive sucking to promote functional sucking skills in premature infants: an exploratory trial
Harding, C. 
ORCID: 0000-0002-5192-2027, Law, J. & Pring, T. (2006).
The use of non-nutritive sucking to promote functional sucking skills in premature infants: an exploratory trial.
Infant, 2(6),
pp. 238-243.
Abstract
Non-nutritive sucking appears to promote an infant’s readiness to begin oral feeding. This small pilot study examined a non-nutritive sucking programme to facilitate the transition to full oral feeding in premature infants. The results suggest that the non-nutritive sucking programme implemented by a speech and language therapist positively benefited the feeding development of neonates. Issues raised by the pilot study should be investigated in a larger scale study.
| Publication Type: | Article |
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| Subjects: | R Medicine > RJ Pediatrics |
| Departments: | School of Health & Psychological Sciences > Language & Communication Science |
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