I was in the NICU at the local hospital visiting a friend and her baby and
noticed an article on the counter.  I was amazed that I hadn't heard  about it
until seeing this piece from a local Vermont newspaper. A device has  been
designed by Steven Barlow and Donald Finan to diagnose and treat a baby's  suck.
I was fascinated by it.  It's being trialled and might be  available in 2007.
 The designer talks of the possibly of entraining  the nervous system to
improve suck by organization of the sensorimotor  systems.

article:
_http://www.news-medical.net/print_article.asp?id=4808_
(http://www.news-medical.net/print_article.asp?id=4808)

audio:
_http://www.kansaskidshealth.org/archived_detail.asp?ProgramID=190_
(http://www.kansaskidshealth.org/archived_detail.asp?ProgramID=190)

Photo of the test actifier in use:
_http://www.engadget.com/entry/1657755998719633/_
(http://www.engadget.com/entry/1657755998719633/)


Mardrey Swenson, IBCLC





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