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BabyPlus® may be the most valuable educational system ever developed. Much like a prenatal vitamin enriches the nutritional environment of a child during pregnancy, our curriculum enriches the auditory environment.
$320.00 per set with free delivery islandwide in Singapore
A Breakthrough in Learning
BabyPlus is an audio device that introduces patterns of sound to prenatal children in the only language they understand—the maternal heartbeat. As a baby discriminates the heartbeat sounds of BabyPlus from those of the mother, learning has begun and the child’s brain has been activated in a way never before possible.
What is BabyPlus?
BabyPlus is a series of 16 scientifically designed rhythmic sounds that resemble a mother's heartbeat. The rhythm of the sounds increases incrementally and sequentially as the pregnancy progresses. The BabyPlus sound pattern introduces your child to a sequential learning process, built upon the natural rhythms of their own environment.
This "auditory exercise" strengthens brain connections during the developmental time period when the advantages will be most significant for a child. BabyPlus is the first educational tool designed for prenatal use that has been proven effective. BabyPlus children have an intellectual, developmental, creative, and emotional advantage from the time they are born.
Your baby can very clearly hear these rhythmic sounds. She/he learns to discriminate between the sound coming from the mother and those from BabyPlus. In other words, the learning process has begun. Your baby's brain begins to accelerate the rate at which it compares and contrasts sounds. This process builds your baby's memory for greater capacity and function throughout life.
Other prenatal enrichment approaches that use music, reading or singing have been tried, however:
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the fluid surrounding the baby muffles all but the simplest of sounds. |
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music is too random and complex. |
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the spoken word is too hard to understand.
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Babies and children enriched with BabyPlus:
--are more relaxed at birth, with eyes and hands open, crying little
--nurse better
--sleep better
--reach their milestones earlier
--have longer attention spans
--enjoy improved school readiness
For well over a decade, thousands of parents worldwide,have given their children the BabyPlus advantage.
Among doctors, scientists, and teachers, there is tremendous interest in the impact of prenatal enrichment. BabyPlus is the irrefutable leader in this field. BabyPlus is based on sound scientific theory, is supported by research, and its value is proven by follow up studies.
BabyPlus is not a toy - it is a profound educational tool, and the first step in your child's lifelong cognitive development.
BabyPlus was developed by Dr. Brent Logan, a developmental psychologist. Dr. Logan’s 20 years of research have demonstrated that prenatal stimulation using heartbeat-like sounds of increasing complexity is the most effective means of communicating with your developing child.
Is BabyPlus Safe?
The sound level to the baby is strictly controlled for both pitch and volume. Dr. Logan spent many years studying the normal environment of the developing baby, and BabyPlus® is carefully designed to present sounds to the prenatal infant at a very safe but audible level. More than 70,000 families worldwide have attested to its safety and effectiveness. Over stimulation does not occur because the sound is so familiar to the developing baby. The tones are natural, and the sound level is safe.
"BabyPlus is a brilliant invention. I have used it myself, will definitely use it again, and have only positive things to say about it in my book."
Dr. Sarah Brewer, Super Baby: Boost your baby's potential from conception to year 1, Harper Collins Publishers, 1998.
BabyPlus Safety Parameters
This section presents information pertaining to the safety of BabyPlus. Much of this information is scientific and is presented to provide reassurance as to the safety of BabyPlus. In brief, there are no known risks to using the BabyPlus system.
EVALUATORS AND PEER REVIEW
The primary safety studies were conducted by Brent Logan, Ph.D., and Rene Van de Carr M.D., through the Prenatal Institute, Seattle; these initial evaluations occurred during 1985-87, with several replications in subsequent years as new BabyPlus technology was developed. Procedure descriptions and outcomes were published in "Infant Outcomes of a Prenatal Stimulation Pilot Study," Pre and Perinatal Psychology Journal, 1991. Independent examination of these matters was made by Mikhail Lazarev, M.D., Children’s Rehabilitation Center, Moscow, and a physician team at Madras Medical University, Madras, India under D. Raja, M.D.
SONIC EFFECTS
By digitally sampling hydrophone recordings of normal uterine sounds, specifically that of maternal blood pulsing past the placenta, an electronic baseline was established from which variants in tempo and tone could be generated; these incremental changes were then compared on a real time analyzer for fidelity to standard sonic parameters of the womb. Controls assured that all ex utero sound--whether from audiocassette player maximum volume setting or microchip source--after attenuating 30-35 dB from abdominal tissue and fluid, would reach any fetus below the 95 dB cresting level of its in utero maternal bloodpulse; this audio ceiling is maintained by both original sound reproduction and transducer constraints, falling below that of television, radio, and CD player dB levels which all contemporary unborn children experience. No other prenatal sonic stimulation products are similarly controlled therefore even classical music attending the fetus does not meet this standard.
CORTICAL EFFECTS
A classic 1961 study by Andrew Neher, appearing in Electroencephalography and Clinical Neurophysiology, documents how sonic stimuli repeated at specific tempos produce comparable alpha wave rhythmicity; this simultaneous phenomenon, called auditory driving, is not harmful and serves as a key rational for the progressive sequences of BabyPlus, which induce the fetal protoalpha rhythm of 1-2 Hz to more mature levels.
FIELD EFFECTS
The electromagnetic field produced by the four BabyPlus AA batteries has no adverse impact upon the developing baby.
PHYSIOLOGICAL EFFECTS
Tachycardia resulting from the BabyPlus sonic rhythmicity has never been observed.
MOTOR EFFECTS
Fetal arm and leg movements in response and sometimes syncopated to the BabyPlus rhythms may last up to 20 minutes during the prescribed one hour stimulation period, this physical exercise having only a beneficial influence upon blood-oxygen levels.
SLEEP EFFECT
Fetal sleep states remain undisturbed by BabyPlus stimulation, just as a mother’s blood maintaining an incessant 95 dB in utero presence does not detract from prenatal sleep cycles; the technology’s sonic sequences are tracked by infant neurology whether or not the child remains awake.
LONG-TERM EFFECTS
Over 70,000 children prenataly enriched by BabyPlus--the oldest now age 14--have been born worldwide to parents of diverse socioeconomic backgrounds; not a single health or behavioral factor has been reported as negative. Only superlative outcomes are observed by families and professionals, whether physicians, psychologists, or educators
The Science of BabyPlus®
Prenatal enrichment has been practiced for thousands of years, dating back to the ancient Chinese. However, the effectiveness of enrichment has been limited by the simple fact that the fetus is surrounded by a fluid environment that muffles and distorts all sound reaching it.
Armed with this knowledge and awareness of the fetus' continuous exposure to the maternal heartbeat, Dr. Brent Logan, a developmental psychologist, began working on a technique that would provide optimal enrichment of the fetal environment. BabyPlus is the result of his 20 years of research and effort.
The goal of prenatal stimulation is to increase the number of brain cells and their connections available after birth. It is estimated that 75 to 90 percent of all fetal brain cells die (atrophy) before birth. With only token exceptions, no more brain cells are ever added-once a cell atrophies it is gone forever. Almost all the active brain cells a person will ever have are present at birth. If an increased number of brain cells (neurons) and their beginning connections (axons and dendrites) are used during their most plastic and receptive development stage-the prenatal period-greater strength in the brain (cortical structure) will result. This process closely resembles muscle development following repeated exercise.
Dr. Logan's prelearning theory maintains that if a sonic stimulus of repeated but slowly increasing frequency (speed) as well as sufficient duration is provided it will meet minimal imprinting standards; the fetal brain will be encouraged to accelerate the rate at which it compares and contrasts data, thus building its memory bank for greater capacity and function.
By reducing fetal brain cell death, prenatal sonic enrichment results in infants being born with enhanced mental architecture-a greater amount of neural material producing brain waves that function at a significantly more mature rate. Throughout life, this early advantage means that the child will be able to absorb and appreciate far more of his or her environment than one who did not receive prenatal enrichment.
It is the recurring patterns of BabyPlus and the changes in the rhythms that are most beneficial for the development of the neurological system. BabyPlus may sound repetitive to adults, but it is optimally effective for benefiting the unborn child's forming mental structure- a neurogenetically appropriate curriculum. |
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