Preschool children show awake responses to naptime nonsense words. Hearing has long been suspected as being 'on' all the time -- even in our sleep. Now scientists are reporting results on what is heard and not heard during sleep and what that might mean for a developing brain. Preliminary results show preschool children seem to have memory traces for sounds heard during nap time. Source 5i.
It appears that the initiative is studying whether children with hearing trouble develop differently from their peers with full hearing. I am curious how this affects sleep quality. If someone where to push for playing some educational audio during nap time, would it negatively effect the child’s performance during the “awake” period?