小科技大用處! 三星推出針對早產嬰兒APP

The thing about premature babies is that they are premature, meaning that they don't get to spend as much time in the womb developing as they should. This means that when they are born, there is risks and dangers with regards to their development, and one of the ways to help deal with that is for the baby to hear their mother's voice.

早產嬰兒未能在母親的子宮中停留足夠長的時間，這意味着他們在出生後會面臨一定的生命危險。而幫助他們健康成長的方法之一就是讓他們聆聽母親的聲音。

Research has found that when they do, it helps their brains develop correctly, but when placed an incubator, it is obviously hard to do that.

研究發現，給早產嬰兒聽他們母親的聲音能夠幫助他們的大腦良好發育。但是在他們還呆在保育器中時，這非常難實現。

This is why Samsung is developing an app called Voices of Life that will help with the development of premature babies. Basically with the app, it allows a mother to record her heartbeat and her voice.

這就是三星開發名為“生命之聲”的app的原因。在這款app的幫助下，基本上，一位母親可以錄下她的聲音和心跳聲給孩子聽。

The app will then remove any high frequencies to help mimic the sounds that a baby might hear in the womb. The recording will then be played on speakers placed next to the incubator, thus allowing the baby to keep hearing their mother's voice even if the mom isn't there.

這款app可以消除所有高頻聲音，從而模擬嬰兒在子宮內聽到的聲音。放置在保育箱旁邊的揚聲器會播放錄音。就算母親不在身邊，嬰兒們也能聽見母親的聲音。

With statistics showing that there were 15 million premature babies born last year, no doubt that this app will come in handy for the millions of parents and babies out there.

數據顯示，去年有一千五百萬名早產嬰兒出生。那麼毫無疑問這款app能夠幫助上百萬父母和他們的孩子。

Unfortunately Samsung has not stated when the app will be released or for which markets it is being released for, but hopefully we'll have more details soon.

可惜，三星公司到目前為止還是沒公佈這款app會在何時在哪個市場上架，但是我們希望能儘快得到更多細節信息。