Faculty Publications
Document Type
Article
Publication Version
Published Version
Keywords
Infant, Motor development, Non-nutritive suck, Oral motor skills
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Infant Behavior and Development
Volume
77
First Page
1
Last Page
7
Abstract
This study investigated if non-nutritive suck (NNS) at 3 months is related to subsequent oral motor and motor skills using caregiver-reported scores on the Child Oral and Motor Proficiency Scale (ChOMPS) at 12 months in a cohort of 69 full-term infants and their caregivers. Longer NNS burst durations were associated with lower oral motor coordination and total ChOMPS scores. More NNS cycles per minute was associated with lower complex motor movement scores. More NNS bursts, cycles per burst, and cycles per minute were related with lower total ChOMPS scores. Early NNS outcomes can provide valuable insight in future neuromotor development.
Department
Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders
Original Publication Date
12-1-2024
Object Description
1 PDF File
DOI of published version
10.1016/j.infbeh.2024.101993
Repository
UNI ScholarWorks, Rod Library, University of Northern Iowa
Copyright
©2024 The Author(s) This is an open access article under the CC BY license.
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Language
en
File Format
application/pdf
Recommended Citation
Westemeyer, Ross; Hines, Morgan; Martens, Alaina; and Zimmerman, Emily, "The Association Between Infant Non-Nutritive Suck and Oral Motor Development" (2024). Faculty Publications. 6694.
https://scholarworks.uni.edu/facpub/6694
Comments
First published in Infant Behavior and Development, v77 (2024) published by Elsevier Inc. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.infbeh.2024.101993