Jayne M Standley

• PhD
• Florida State University

The purpose of the current study was to identify effects of neurodevelopmental stimulation as administered by board certified music therapists to premature infants admitted to the neonatal intensive care unit. Premature infants (N = 108) admitted and meeting inclusion criteria were included. Experimental subjects received the developmental multimod...

Due to neurologic immaturity, premature infants must be fed by tube until approximately 34 gestational weeks and many have subsequent problems with transition to oral feeding. In the United States, infants whose only problem is ineffective feeding remain in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at an average cost of $2000/day until independent nippling...

To provide an overview of developmental and medical benefits of music therapy for preterm infants. Meta-analysis. Empirical music studies with preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU). Evidence-based NICU music therapy (NICU -MT ) was highly beneficial with an overall large significant effect size (Cohen's d = 0.82). Effects becau...

Development involves progressive changes in knowledge and abilities that occur across the life span. Current research on musical abilities suggests that the development of skills necessary for musicality begins in utero and continues through adulthood. Many of these skills, such as the ability to carry a tune, move in time to music, and respond emo...

This meta-analysis on 30 studies conducted over the last 20 years showed an overall large, significant effect size (Cohen's d=.82, p<.000). All benefits of music therapy (MT) supplementing standard medical treatment compared to standard medical treatment alone were in a positive direction. Results were differentiated by dependent variable, gestatio...

The incidence of premature births in the United States is increasing, as are medical costs related to this problem. Research has shown benefits for NICU-MT in small sample size, controlled clinical trials. Such benefits have included significantly earlier discharge dates and a consistent pattern of increases in weight gain that has not been statist...

This study describes infant attentiveness differentiated by age during first attendance at developmentally appropriate group music classes. Videotapes of two infant groups averaging 8 (n = 17) vs. 16 months of age (n=17) were observed. Using SCRIBE software, cumulative time spent in six categories of attending responses differentiated by independen...

The purpose of this study was to compare overall patient satisfaction scores on the Press Ganey Inpatient Survey (PGIS) of hospital patients who received music therapy services with those of patients at the same hospital who did not receive music therapy services. The identification numbers of all patients who received medical music therapy in 2008...

In this randomized, controlled multi-site study, the pacifier-activated-lullaby system (PAL) was used with 68 premature infants. Dependent variables were (a) total number of days prior to nipple feeding, (b) days of nipple feeding, (c) discharge weight, and (d) overall weight gain. Independent variables included contingent music reinforcement for n...

The purpose of these five related studies was to ascertain the effects of a music curriculum designed to enhance reading skills of second-grade students. The dependent variables were subtest scores on the Gates-MacGinitie Reading Test administered pre and post the music/reading intervention. Results showed that the total test gain scores of childre...

This meta-analysis of 30 studies using a variety of music interventions to affect reading skills resulted in a moderately strong, significant, overall effect size of d = .32. When music activities incorporate specific reading skills matched to the needs of identified children (d = .44) or contingent music is used to reinforce reading behavior (d =...

Aesthetic responses to music involve intense emotions that may be mitigated by musical training. The purpose of this study was to ascertain whether early or intense music memory and accessibility differed from literature memories and whether such reactions were differentiated by music training in college students (n = 90). Results showed no statist...

The purpose of the present study was to determine the efficacy of using music as a remedial strategy to enhance the reading skills of second-grade students and students who have been identified as having a specific learning disability (SLD) in reading. First, an intensive short-term music curriculum was designed to target reading comprehension and...

"Music Techniques in Therapy, Counseling, and Special Education" is the culmination of the first author's research in the skill development of prospective music therapists and music educators during graduate and undergraduate preparation. Standley studied the abilities and progress of students across multiple clinical music therapy and music educat...

This monograph evolved from the unique, innovative partnership between the Florida State University Music Therapy Program and Tallahassee Memorial HealthCare. Its purpose is to serve as a model for music therapy educators, students, clinicians, and the hospital administrators who might employ them. This book should prove a valuable resource for tho...

Premature infants are fed by gavage tube before 34 weeks adjusted gestational age and when nipple feeding results in detrimental changes in respiration and heart rate. Nipple feeding skill must be developed and correlates with length of hospitalization and neurobehavioral development. This study provided music reinforcement for nonnutritive sucking...

Over 20 years of research and clinical practice in music therapy with premature infants has been compiled into this text designed for Board Certified Music Therapists specializing in Neonatal Intensive Care clinical services, for NICU medical staff incorporating research-based music therapy into developmental care plans, and for parents of preemies...

This meta-analysis on music research with premature infants in neonatal intensive care units (NICU) showed an overall large, significant, consistent effect size of almost a standard deviation (d =.83) (Cohen, 1998). Effects were not mediated by infants' gestational age at the time of study, birthweight, or type of music delivery nor by physiologic,...

Surviviors of extreme prematurity (less than 26 weeks gestational age) may have long-term impairment, including developmental disabilities and neurological deficits that become evident as the child matures. Music has been used as an intervention purported to facilitate development in young, at-risk children in infant stimulation and early intervent...

Management of pain is a primary concern in the treatment of burn patients. The intent of this study was to test the efficacy of music-based imagery and musical alternate engagement in assisting burn patients in managing their pain and anxiety during debridement. Twenty-five patients, 7 years of age and older, who were admitted to the Comprehensive...

Management of pain is a primary concern in the treatment of burn patients. The intent of this study was to test the efficacy of music-based imagery and musical alternate engagement in assisting burn patients in managing their pain and anxiety during debridement. Twenty-five patients, 7 years of age and older, who were admitted to the Comprehensive...

Explores the changes in attitude and social engagement of students exposed to a special curriculum to promote tolerance versus those enrolled in typical music education preparation courses. Indicates that comfort levels with those from diverse/different background increased, the use of slurs decreased, and confrontations with others who made slurs...

This study assessed music as reinforcement for non-nutritive sucking of 12 premature infants born at an average gestation of 29.3 weeks and an average birthweight of 1111.9 g. At the time of the study, the infants' average post conception age was 35.5 weeks, and their average weight was 1747.3 g. A pacifier was fitted with a pressure transducer so...

To assess the benefits of lullaby singing and multimodal stimulation on premature infants in neonatal intensive care, 40 infants in a Level III Newborn Intermediate Care Unit were divided into control (n = 20) and experimental (n = 20) groups by pair matching on the basis of gender, birthweight, gestational age at birth and severity of medical comp...

This article summarizes the current scientific knowledge on foetal and newborn neurological development and related research on beneficial uses of music with the premature infant. As technology and science advance, the survival rate of earlier and earlier premature birth increases with long-term implications for these children having impaired neuro...

This study offers a look at accepted standards for evaluation of eminence and productivity in the scientific community and updates the database established by Standley (1984) from the contents of the three premier journals in the field of music education/therapy research: the Journal of Research in Music Education (JRME), the Bulletin of the Counci...

This study evaluated effects of music sessions designed to enhance prereading and writing skills of 24 children aged 4–5 years who were enrolled in Early Intervention and Exceptional Student Education (ESE) programs. The design utilized two groups of matched participants with repeated measures and counterbalanced treatment/control conditions. Each...

This meta-analysis evaluated 208 variables derived from 98 studies incorporating I music as a contingency for education and therapeutic objectives. Variables were converted to effect sizes (ES) via statistical formulae and compared for determination of characteristics affecting reinforcement value of music. The overall benefits attributable to cont...

This study documented the variety of developmentally appropriate activity components in the music therapy sessions, assessed student responses and evaluated teaching interactions using the standards of the National Association for Education of Young Children. Two inclusive classes of four-year-old children (n = 33) were each observed twice in musi...

Examined the effect of music listening on the physiological responses of 20 low birthweight infants with normal hearing in the 1st wk of life. 10 infants listened to lullabies, and 10 infants did not. Oxygen saturation levels, heart rate, respiratory rate, and number of apnea/bradycardia episodes were recorded once per minute for the duration of ba...

Aversive environment auditory stimuli is a common concern in neonatal intensive care. Recently, interest has developed regarding the use of music applications to mask such stimuli and to reduce the high risk for complications or failure to thrive. In this study of 20 oxygenated, low birth weight infants in a Newborn Intensive Care Unit of a regiona...

Music therapy is a profession which meets multiple physical, social, and psychological needs. Music therapists can facilitate health objectives by reducing the intensity or duration of pain, alleviating anxiety, and decreasing the amount of analgesic medication needed. Rehabilitative objectives can include activities which incorporate exercise, ran...

This study was designed to ascertain whether vibrotactile stimulation ancillary to auditory stimuli would increase attentiveness or auditory com- prehension of preschoolers. Ninety-six children aged 3 to 5 years were divided into four auditory stimuli groups (N = 24 each): a musical or non- musical story experienced on a SomatroniM (a vibroacoustic...

A summer music therapy program providing music listening opportunities to patients undergoing chemotherapy was initiated. Multiple data collection procedures were devised to determine the long-term effects of music on the frequency and degree of nausea and vomiting during chemotherapy, occurring posttreatment, and developing prior to treatment as a...

One hundred fifty music teachers and students were asked to simultaneously observe, analyze, and write extemporaneously about 20 videotaped excerpts of live music situations. Subjects were divided on the basis of their expertise and experience into five groups of 30 people each: freshmen, juniors, novices, experienced teachers, and experts. Respons...

Thirty musicians and 30 nonmusicians participated in this study. Each subject lay on a Somatron™ (a vibrotactile couch) and was presented with two music conditions (Saint-Saens Organ Symphony, 2nd Movement and Dvorak 9th Symphony, 4th Movement) separated by 1 minute of silence. Additionally, half of the subjects received altered renditions of the m...

This article describes the problems of premature infants with low birthweights, reviews the literature on fetal and neonatal responses to auditory stimuli, and extrapolates and synthesizes research results for the development of effective early intervention techniques which incorporate music. Sample activities for both infant pacification/stimulati...

Twenty-four infants ages 2.0 to 8.0 months completed an operant listening task measuring preference for mother's voice versus other female voice versus music, using a mercury switch attached to their foot. Dependent measures were seconds of listening time, number of preference changes per interval, and behavior analysis of videotaped infant respons...

The purpose of this study was to investigate teacher intensity, the global attributes of enthusiasm combined with an astute sense of timing in relation to classroom management and effective subject presentation and delivery. The authors also tried to ascertain whether high and low contrasts in teacher intensity could be taught to and then demonstra...

This article is a comprehensive analysis and application of music therapy research in the general field of music in medicine, and consists of a thorough review of the literature and a meta-analysis of all empirical studies using music in actual medical/dental treatments. It also transfers research results to clinical applications of music therapy t...

Investigated the relationship between levels of demonstrated competence in an initial music teaching (MT) situation and high school class ranking, prior MT experience with normal or handicapped populations, intent to teach or practice music therapy after degree completion, presence of a teacher in the family, influence of former music teachers on S...

This study examined the three primary journals for research in music education and therapy: The Journal of Research in Music Education (JRME), the Council for Research in Music Education Bulletin (CRME), and the Journal of Music Therapy (JMT). The purpose of the investigation was to identify the most prolific scholars in music research as determine...

Two hundred one freshmen and transfer students entering the school of music at a major Southeastern state university in the fall terms of 1978 and 1979 and declaring music education as a major served in the study. Data were calculated at the end of the fall term 1981 and included enrollment status, college grade point average (GPA), high school GPA...

A class of 22 senior music therapy majors self-analyzed videotaped client/therapist practica interactions for two academic quarters. In Study 1, four 5-minute videotapes were made, the second and third of which had predetermined skills definitions and grade-contingent criteria for five therapist behaviors. The first and fourth tapes had no such cri...

The implementation of PL 94–142, the Education for All Handicapped Children Act, has had tremendous impact on educators, therapists, and service agencies for children. Students are now in the public school program who were previously excluded because of the severity of their handicap. Individualized, informed consent procedures in the determination...

The purpose of this study was to isolate the variables of therapist/teacher approval, disapproval, and mistakes of reinforcement in relation to music and nonmusic subject matter and attentiveness. Behaviorally trained music therapists, choral, instrumental, and general music educators, and behaviorally trained and comparison teachers, all of whom w...