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Assessment of primary reflexes belongs to the neurological assessment of newborns. Physiologically primitive reflexes are involuntary responses to external stimuli, substituted during next months of life by more and more complex voluntary movements. It seems completely inhibited primary reflexes may hamper the process of psychomotor child’s development. Preserved primary reflexes are described mainly by physiotherapists and other medical specialists, but increased consciousness is common also among other specialists such as pedagogues. Knowledge concerning clinical picture of primitive reflexes and their consequences may influence deeper diagnostic approach of motor development and more effective therapeutic activities provided by physiotherapists, speech therapists, and occupational therapists. The aim of this article is analysis of the scientific sources concerning coexistence of preserved primary reflexes and disorders of speech and language development in children. Aforementioned topic requires deeper understanding. There is a need for further detailed studies concerning aforesaid coexistence.