(NewsUSA) - Music can soothe the savage
beast. But did you know it can also teach the unborn child?

That’s the idea behind a new prenatal learning system from Baby Bee Bright
Corp.

The Baby Bee Bright system consists of a CD player, headphones and five CDs
of lullabies and classical music, stories and poetry, and also includes a fetal
microphone stereo and transponders - so that an expectant mother can communicate
with her child or simply play music. Safe and effective, the system does not use
AC current, ultrasound or radio waves.

The object of using the system is to stimulate the unborn child’s sense of
hearing, which is linked to learning skills.

‘All children listen to learn,’ said Dr. Dorothy Dougherty, a speech
pathologist and author of ‘How to Talk to Your Baby.’ ‘Language learning begins
in the womb, and they listen to their mother’s voice. The more they hear, the
greater their vocabulary and the greater their IQ.’

The ear is the most developed organ prior to birth, and by the 22nd week of
pregnancy the prenatal brain is developed enough that hearing can take place.

‘This is the earliest window of opportunity for auditory processing
capabilities to become enhanced,’ said Dr. Philip De Fina, director of
neuropsychological research at the New York University Brain Research
Laboratories.

De Fina notes that the skills picked up inside the womb, through exchanges
between mother and unborn child, amount to a competency that increases over
time.

‘From early prenatal development during the third trimester, the process of
hearing and discerning differences of sounds emerges and continues postnatally
and through infancy and toddlerhood stages of development,’ he said. ‘A product
like Baby Bee Bright may enhance this early development and subsequently
redefine the concept of early intervention.’

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