A study completed at the Vrije University indicated that children born of ICSI do not suffer developmental problems because of treatment.

Early studies in the 1990’s which looked at the development of children conceived through ICSI indicated that there were possible developmental problems. This recent study seems to indicate the opposite. The study of 151 eight-year olds comprised of two groups, children conceived from ICSI and children conceived naturally. The children were given a variety of IQ tests. The results indicated that children conceived through ICSI did not have developmental problems. In fact, the children from the ICSI group scored on average 5 points higher then those naturally conceived. This was attributed to parenting styles.