Sensory processing profile among a sample of Egyptian children with different types of delayed language development: correlations of different variables

The Egyptian Journal of Otolaryngology

Table 1 The mean and SD of the chronological age, the receptive language, and the expressive language ages among the studied groups

Types of DLD Mean age	ADHD		ASD		SLI		ID		Control
Types of DLD Mean age	Mean ± SD	Range	Mean (± SD)	Range	Mean (± SD)	Range	Mean (± SD)	Range	Mean ± SD	Range
Chronological Age (months)	72.46 (± 26.0)	39–120	71.9 (± 20.17)	39–93	70.65 (± 24.7)	36–120	73.2 ± 29.05)	36–120	72.50 (± 27.48)	39–120
RA (months)	48.65 (± 23.52)	18–96	30.81 (± 8.40)	17–42	39.17 (± 13.65)	17–60	49.7 (± 30.9)	30–96	63.0 (± 24.9)	30–102
EA (months)	50.41 (± 21.83)	15–89	24.09 (± 5.62)	17–33	35.0 (± 12.74)	15–54	49.2 (± 39.4)	24–108	68.8 (± 26.89)	36–108

The mean age of the children in the four groups as well as their mean receptive and expressive language ages is also detailed in Table 1. Children in the 5 studied groups were matched according to their chronological ages and gender distribution
SD standard deviation, DLD delayed language development, ADHD attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, ASD autism spectrum disorders, SLI specific language impairment, ID intellectual disability