If foetus can hear the external sounds, are we able to reproduce the same sounds for a preterm newborn?

Abstract

The U.S. military comprises a constantly evolving population and geography with unique medical needs. The children and spouses of members of the military have been receiving medical care from uniformed physicians for well over a century with pediatrics being a specific focus of military medical care in earnest since the 1949 when the first pediatric training program was established. The care of sick neonates by military physicians followed soon after and is currently the largest subspecialty within military pediatrics. There are currently 13 neonatal intensive care units at Army, Navy, and Air Force hospitals staffed by neonatologists on active duty military status. The U.S. military's three fellowship programs continue to graduate highly trained neonatologists and are actively engaged in research. In addition to the usual research, education, and clinical duties of neonatologists, those in the U.S. military are also regularly called upon to provide care in humanitarian disasters and serve in combat zones as flight surgeons, pediatricians, and general medical officers. The NICUs of the U.S. Army, Navy, and Air Force and the uniformed neonatologists who staff them are a robust and unique community within the specialty of neonatal medicine.