Below is a message received off listserve from Brenda who is doing a
study with premature infants. I am providing it to the group at the
request of Debra and I hope it may motivate some to get started on
research of your own.

Regards,
Barbara McGowin, Education Director, Beckman Oral Motor

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Debra,

It has been almost a year since we met up in Kentucky about my "oral
stim" study with premature infants. I wanted to let you know that I
just finished data analysis on the study, and although it was just a
pilot (n=19), it showed very promising results. The preterm infants
who got the "Beckman Oral Motor Intervention-Premature Infant"
version (remember how we adjusted the original protocol from 15
minutes down to 5 minutes..and so I am calling that the Premature
Infant version) got through the transition from tube feedings to
bottle feedings 5 days sooner than the control group. AMAZING!!!!
We only did the intervention once a day for 7 days. So it looks to
be very publishable, and I'll be writing the manuscript early this
fall.

I also wanted to ask you again if it was still OK for me to write up
a short manuscript on the revisions of your original 15 minute
protocol to the 5 minute version for preterm infants. And if so,
would you be interested in co-authoring that with me?

Let me know what you think!

I look forward to hearing from you. My cell is 309-212-0544....it
might be good to talk to you more about it.

Again, I cannot thank you enough for meeting with me last August in
Lexington and working with me on the protocol. This is so exciting!!!!

Brenda