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Table 3 Comparison of different SP sectors between children with language disorders (ASD, ADHD, SLI, and ID) and children with normal language development

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

Lang. dis

SP

control

SLI

ADHD

ASD

ID

M (SD)

M (SD)

p value

M (SD)

p value

M (SD)

p value

M (SD)

p value

S1

2.50 (± 0.84)

2.2 (± 0.8)

0.334

2.0 (± 0.9)

0.137

2.4 (± 0.9)

0.730

1.44 (± 0.53)

0.005**

S2

2.1 (± 0.73)

1.43 (± 0.8)

0.030

1.7 (± 08)

0.246

1.7 (± 0.9)

0.317

1.44 (± 0.66)

0.942

S3

2.6 (± 0.69)

1.9 (± 0.9)

0.058

2.2 (± 0.9)

0.194

2.1 (± 1)

0.210

2.11 (± 1.0 5)

0.245

S4

1.9 (± 0.73)

1.9 (± 0.9

0.969

2.0 (± 0.7)

0.629

16 (± 0.9)

0.482

2 (± 1)

0.8

S5

2.3 (± 0.82)

2.04 (± 0.9)

0.438

2.2 (± 0.9)

0.829

2.0 (± 0.6)

0.358

1.88 (± 0.92)

0.320

S6

1.7 (± 0.94)

2.1 (± 0.9

0.273

1.9 (± 0.9)

0.527

1.9 (± 1.0

0.638

2 (± 0.86)

0.483

M1

2.4 (± 0.84)

1.7 (± 0.9)

0.070

2.2 (± 0.9)

0.613

2.4 (± 0.9)

0.926

2.55 (± 0.88)

0.699

M2

2.3 (± 0.48)

2.4 (± 0.8)

0.641

2.3 (± 0.9)

0.878

2 (± 0.8)

0.306

1.88 (± 0.92)

0.235

M3

1.4 (± 0.84)

1.8 (± 0.8)

0.221

1.7 (± 0.74)

0.383

2.5 (± 0.8)

0.009**

1.88 (± 1.05)

0.277

M4

2.2 (± 1.03)

2.7 (± 0.7)

0.117

2.5 (± 0.8)

0.364

2.6 (± 0.5)

0.227

2.55 (± 0.55)

0.366

M5

1.3 (± 0.48)

1.8 (± 0.8)

0.073

1.9 (± 0.7)

0.023*

1.63 ± 0.7)

0.209

2.11 (± 0.78)

0.14

E1

3.0 (± 0.00)

2.1 (± 0.8)

0.002**

2.2 (± 0.9)

0.012*

2.7 (± 0.5)

0.081

1.88 (± 0.92)

0.001**

E2

1.726

2.5 (± 0.7)

0.094

2.3 (± 0.8)

0.347

2.7 (± 0.5)

0.035*

1.7 (± 1)

0.465

E3

1.726

2.2 (± 0.9)

0.819

1.96 (± 0.9)

0.660

2.0 (± 0.8)

0.766

1.3 (± 0.5)

0.018*

  1. Independent t-test
  2. S1 auditory processing, S2 visual processing, S3 vestibular processing, S4 touch processing S5 multisensory processing, S6 oral processing, M1 tone/endurance, M2 body position and movement, M3 modulation of movement affecting activity level, M4 modulation of sensory input affecting emotional response, M5 modulation of visual input affecting emotional response and activity, E1 emotional/social, E2 behavioral outcomes of sensory processing, E3 thresholds for response, SP sensory processing lang, dis language disorders
  3. Children with ASD, ADHD, SLI, and ID were significantly differentiated from children with normal language development in the SP sectors
  4. *Significant
  5. **Highly significant