Research Strategies to Achieve a Deeper Understanding of Active Music Therapy in Neonatal Care

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  • Frederike Barbara Haslbeck DMtG

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https://doi.org/10.47513/mmd.v4i4.351

Abstract

Music therapy in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU) is an emerging field with various active and receptive approaches. Research in this area has predominantly focused on evaluating the effects of receptive stimulation programs on the premature infant using primarily quantitative study designs. Methodological questions about how to approach the phenomenon of active music therapy with flexible designs still need to be addressed. This article proposes a flexible methodology that achieves a deep understanding of the therapeutic process of active music therapy in premature infants and their parents using a qualitative, multiperspective study design based on the principles of therapeutic narrative analysis.

Author Biography

Frederike Barbara Haslbeck, DMtG

Friederike Barbara Haslbeck, DMtG, Neonatal Intensive Care Music Therapist, is a doctoral student at the Faculty of Medicine at the University Witten/Herdecke in Witten, Germany. She also is a master of music education and a master of music therapy, was specially trained in NICU music therapy by Loewy and Standley, has implemented music therapy service in NICUs in Germany, and is completing her PhD with Prof Dr David Aldridge on ‘‘Creative Music Therapy With Premature Infants and Their Parents’’ at the University Witten/ Herdecke funded by the German foundation ‘Evangelische Studienstiftung Villigst.’

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