Thrive Neuromedical LLC develops technology to imprive neonatal intensive care units (NICUs). While a stay in NICU can be lifesaving, it is a noisy, bright and sometimes painful environment that negatively impacts early brain maturation. Basic neural building blocks critical to communication and cognition are missing or poorly constructed, and speech and language impairments are common in these children when they approach school age. A stay in the NICU impacts neurodevelopment for preterm infants, by altering sensory reactivity in the child. This is associated with poor neurodevelopment, poorer brain micro-structure and worse neurobehavioral scores and language scores at 18 months. The firm's Dino Egg⢠is specially designed to improve the preterm infants response to language and improve their ability for natural language development.
