Handout

Encouraging Non-Nutritive Sucking in Infants

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Print Resource — US Letter — 1 page

Population:

Pediatric

Discipline:

SLP

Diagnosis:

Feeding and Swallowing

References:

  • Loeb, D. F., Imgrund, C. M., Lee, J., & Barlow, S. M. (2018). Preterm neurodevelopmental outcomes following orosensory entrainment intervention. Journal of Neonatal Nursing, 24(4), 203-207.
  • Poore, M. A., & Barlow, S. M. (2009). Suck predicts neuromotor integrity and developmental outcomes. Perspectives on Speech Science and Orofacial Disorders, 19(1), 44-51.
  • Zimmerman, E., Forlano, J., & Gouldstone, A. (2017). Not all pacifiers are created equal: a mechanical examination of pacifiers and their influence on suck patterning. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 26(4), 1202-1212.
Non-nutritive suck has been found to be one of the single most important prognostic indicators of motor, cognitive and oromotor development in neonates and term infants.
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