KOSICE-SACA, SLOVAKIA: One and Two-day-old newborn babies listen to music with headphones at the 1st Private Hospital in eastern Slovak metropol of Kosice-Saca 11 August 2005. The experimental program that started approximetly two years ago, is based on using musical therapy in improving the quality of carring for the newborns shortly after the birth.This project helps to stimulate the communication, adaptation and ease the stress after the birth. Presently there are thirty newborn babies daily undergoing five sessions of twenty minutes each, when they listen to a variety of musical genres from classical to easy listening. AFP PHOTO JOE KLAMAR (Photo credit should read JOE KLAMAR/AFP via Getty Images)
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