The Effects of a Parent-Administered Oral Motor Intervention for Preterm Infants Following Discharge from the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit

Current research indicates the use of the premature infant oral motor intervention (PIOMI) is effective in improving feeding abilities in preterm infants in the neonatal intensive care unit (NICU); therefore, the objective of this investigation was to determine if the effects of the PIOMI protocol would also improve feeding performance on preterm infants post NICU discharge.