dc.contributor.author | Zimmerman, Emily A. | |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-10-08T19:35:46Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-10-08T19:35:46Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2007-05-31 | |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1808/32146 | |
dc.description | Thesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Speech-Language-Hearing: Science Disorders, 2007. | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This study examined the effect of varying pacifier stiffness on non-nutritive suck (NNS) dynamics at the NICU follow-up clinic among infants born prematurely with and without a history of respiratory distress syndrome. Three types of Soothie™ silicone pacifiers used in the NICU were tested for materials stiffness, revealing the Super Soothie™ is 7 times stiffer. No significant between-subjects effects were found for the healthy control infants and the RDS infants. However, Repeated-measures MANOVA within-group subjects effects showed significant differences in NNS cycles/min, NNS amplitude, NNS bursts/min, and NNS cycle periods between the Soothie™ versus Super Soothie™ pacifiers. Infants modify the spatiotemporal output of their suck central pattern generator when presented with pacifiers of different mechanical properties. | en_US |
dc.publisher | University of Kansas | en_US |
dc.rights | This item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author. | en_US |
dc.subject | Health and environmental sciences | en_US |
dc.title | Pacifier stiffness alters the dynamics of the suck central pattern generator | en_US |
dc.type | Thesis | en_US |
dc.thesis.degreeDiscipline | Speech-Language-Hearing: Science Disorders | |
dc.thesis.degreeLevel | M.A. | |
kusw.bibid | 5349314 | |
dc.rights.accessrights | openAccess | en_US |