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dc.contributor.authorZimmerman, Emily A.
dc.date.accessioned2021-10-08T19:35:46Z
dc.date.available2021-10-08T19:35:46Z
dc.date.issued2007-05-31
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1808/32146
dc.descriptionThesis (M.A.)--University of Kansas, Speech-Language-Hearing: Science Disorders, 2007.en_US
dc.description.abstractThis 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.publisherUniversity of Kansasen_US
dc.rightsThis item is protected by copyright and unless otherwise specified the copyright of this thesis/dissertation is held by the author.en_US
dc.subjectHealth and environmental sciencesen_US
dc.titlePacifier stiffness alters the dynamics of the suck central pattern generatoren_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
dc.thesis.degreeDisciplineSpeech-Language-Hearing: Science Disorders
dc.thesis.degreeLevelM.A.
kusw.bibid5349314
dc.rights.accessrightsopenAccessen_US


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