The impact that early sensory processing capacities on later learning
and emotional development lacks clarity, mainly because of difficulty in
defining consistent constructs within the field and an absence of assessments
to detect infants with sensory dysfunctions reliably and adequately
[22]. Thus, the evaluation of sensory processing is important
to understand the characteristics of these infants. During hospitalization
and after discharge, new treatments may be proposed for secondary
prevention, health promotion and rehabilitation of this population,
aiming at a differential diagnosis, which would allow the development
of individualized intervention programs. Despite this importance,
there are few studies evaluating the sensory processing of at-risk infants
in the literature.