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==Prognosis== Preliminary research indicates that some babies with plagiocephaly may comprise a high-risk group for developmental difficulties.<ref name="Speltz">{{cite web|url=https://www.seattlechildrens.org/about/stories/unraveling-how-craniofacial-conditions-affect-development/|website=Seattle Children's Hospital|title=Unraveling How Craniofacial Conditions Affect Development|date=September 29, 2014|access-date=September 29, 2014|archive-date=August 10, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160810182459/http://www.seattlechildrens.org/about/stories/unraveling-how-craniofacial-conditions-affect-development/|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="Pediatrics">{{cite journal |last1=Miller |first1=RI |last2=Clarren |first2=SK |date=February 2000 |title=Long-term developmental outcomes in patients with deformational plagiocephaly |journal=Pediatrics |volume=105 |issue=2 |pages=E26 |pmid=10654986 |doi=10.1542/peds.105.2.e26|doi-access= }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/technology/flat-headed-babies-may-face-learning-problems-1.944026|work=CBC News |title=Flat-headed babies may face learning problems |date=September 29, 2014}}</ref> Plagiocephaly is associated with motor and language developmental delays.<ref>{{cite journal |doi=10.1097/DBP.0000000000000376 |pmid=28009719 |title=Plagiocephaly and Developmental Delay |journal=Journal of Developmental & Behavioral Pediatrics |volume=38 |issue=1 |pages=67β78 |year=2017 |last1=Martiniuk |first1=Alexandra L. C |last2=Vujovich-Dunn |first2=Cassandra |last3=Park |first3=Miles |last4=Yu |first4=William |last5=Lucas |first5=Barbara R |s2cid=39477708 |hdl=1959.4/unsworks_43153 |hdl-access=free }}</ref> While developmental delay is more commonplace among babies with plagiocephaly, it cannot be inferred that plagiocephaly is the cause of the delay.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://pulse.seattlechildrens.org/developmental-delays-found-in-children-with-deformational-plagiocephaly/|title=Developmental Delays Found in Children with Deformational Plagiocephaly|date=2012-12-24|website=On the Pulse|access-date=2016-05-30|archive-date=2016-06-10|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160610162207/http://pulse.seattlechildrens.org/developmental-delays-found-in-children-with-deformational-plagiocephaly/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
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