The Effects of Maternal Voice on Anxiety and Physiologic Parameters among Children Undergoing Tonsillectomy

Abstract

Tonsillectomy is an effective surgical technique for managing obstructive sleep apnea and sleep-disordered breathing. Perioperative period is extremely stressful for most children who are candidates for surgeries. Anxiety enhances sympathetic activity and psychological problems. Listening to music is beneficial to patients and children and effect on preoperative anxiety. One of the auditory therapies is maternal voice. Maternal voice is the first and the most important lowfrequency sound that can be heard by fetus Objectives.