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LESTER WARREN SONTAG, M.D.; ROBERT F. WALLACE, Ph.D.

Am J Dis Child. 1936;51(3):583-589.

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That the human fetus is capable of perceiving sound vibrations and of responding to them by movements of the extremities has previously been reported. Forbes and Forbes¹ reported the case of a woman who while attending musical concerts felt a great deal of fetal movement whenever the audience applauded. Peiper² reported an increase of fetal activity immediately following certain sound stimuli. Ray,³ in an attempt to condition the human fetus, elicited a movement response to the sound of two boards clapping together. We⁴ reported the movement response of the fetus to sound by months during the last three months of intra-uterine life. We⁵ demonstrated the existence of this response at an earlier age than it had generally been assumed to be present. Minkowski⁶ and others have demonstrated on premature human fetuses from interrupted pregnancies the presence of a tactile sense and a response to . . . [Full Text PDF of this Article]

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From the Samuel S. Fels Fund.

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