Mucane

The research project

Mucane is a socially focused research project that seeks to use music as a resource to improve the lives of premature newborns. It brings together professionals in medicine, acoustic engineering, and music, and is coordinated by Emilio Mateu Escribano.

Areas of study

The project approaches its subject through three interdisciplinary areas:

• Medical: neonatology, neurophysiology, neurobiology, and clinical psychology.
• Technical: sound engineering, music technology, 3D design, statistics, networking, and software development.
• Musical: clinical music therapy.

The team also includes specialists in English-language translation and interpretation, e-commerce, and legal advice on public finance and patents and trademarks.

Research and documentation

The website brings together academic documentation from the project, including undergraduate and master's theses deposited in the institutional repositories of the University of Valladolid (UVA) and Rey Juan Carlos University (URJC), as well as a doctoral dissertation with its appendices and presentation.

The project has received favorable reports from ethics committees: the CEI-OH URJC certificate (January 2020), favorable report 19.012-II CEEA (September 2019), evaluation report 19.012-II OH CEEA-HCSC (September 2019), and the principal investigator's approval of the project for CEI-FIB HCSC (December 2019).

Experimental study

Among the published research is a laboratory study on the effects of an experimental sound and/or music model on the behavioral and physiological reactivity of neonatal Wistar rat pups.

Background

The project frames its work around the rise in preterm births—births before 37 weeks of pregnancy—which the World Health Organization estimates at around 15 million a year worldwide. According to figures from Spain's National Statistics Institute, Spain recorded 17,000 premature births in 1997 (5% of all births), 33,000 in 2006 (10%), and 29,000 in 2012.

Contact

For inquiries, the project lists phone number 627566818 and email info@mucane.es.

Confirm contact details and the project's current status directly with the organization.