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Table 6 Comparison between the SP of children with ASD and that of children with ID

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

Language disorders

Sensory profile

ASD

ID

M (SD)

M (SD)

p value

S1

2.36 (± 0.92)

1.44 (± 0.53)

0.016

S2

1.72 (± 0.9)

1.44 (± 0.66)

0.419

S3

2.09 (± 1.04)

2.11

0.966

S4

1.63 (± 0.92)

2 (± 1)

0.41

S5

2.0 (± 0.63)

1.88 (± 0.92)

0.754

S6

1.90 (± 1.04)

2 (± 0.86)

0.837

M1

2.36 (± 0.92)

2.55 (± 0.88)

0.643

M2

2.00 (± 0.77)

1.88 (± 0.92)

0.774

M3

2.45 (± 0.82)

1.88 (± 1.05)

0.193

M4

2.63 (± 0.50)

2.55 (± 0.55)

0.731

M5

1.63 (± 0.67)

2.11 (± 0.78)

0.162

E1

2.72 (± 0.46)

1.88 (± 0.92)

0.017

E2

2.72 (± 0.46)

1.7 (± 1)

0.006

E3

2.0 (± 0.77)

1.3 (± 0.5)

0.039

  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, M mean, SD standard deviation
  3. The table showed the significance of difference between the mean of responses among children with ASD and children suffering from other types of DLD