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What Is A Speech-Language Pathologist?

What Services Do Speech-Language Pathologists Provide?

Where Can You Find A Speech-Language Pathologist?

What Is A Speech-Language Pathologist?

A speech-language pathologist is the health-care professional educated and trained to evaluate and treat children and adults with speech, language, and swallowing problems.

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What Services Do Speech-Language Pathologists Provide?

Speech-language pathologists provide a variety of professional services aimed at helping people develop effective communication skills. These include:

Helping people with articulation disorders to learn proper production of speech sounds
Helping people who stutter to speak more fluently
Assisting people with voice disorders to improve voice
Helping people with aphasia to relearn speech and language skills
Assisting people who have difficulty swallowing as a result of illness, surgery, stroke or injury
Evaluating, selecting, and developing augmentative and alternative communication systems (such as voice synthesizing computers and communication boards) for people with severe speech problems
Enhancing communication effectiveness, improving everyday communication skills, such as pitch, projection, accent, and nonverbal communication
Conducting research to develop new and better ways to evaluate and treat speech, language, and swallowing problems
Advising individuals and the community on ways to prevent speech and language disorders

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Where Can You Find A Speech-Language Pathologist?

Speech-language pathologists provide professional services in many different laces such as:

• public and private schools

• colleges and universities

• private practice

• hospitals

• clinics

• health departments

• rehabilitation centers

• research laboratories

• nursing care facilities

• community centers

• state and local health departments

• state and federal government agencies

Speech-language pathologists hold either a master's or doctor's degree and have earned the Certification of Clinical Competence (CCC) from the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA), the national professional, scientific, and accrediting organization responsible for certifying speech language pathologists.

If you need help locating a speech language pathologist in your area or want more information, call 1-800-638-8255 or write ASHA at 10801 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852.

Ear:
	Swimmer's ear	Middle ear infections
	Ear wax and Q-tips	Eustachian tube dysfunction
	Childhood Hearing Loss	Noise and Hearing Loss
	Assistive Listening Devices
Nose:
	Stuffy nose	Nosebleeds
	Sinus Infections	Adenoid disease
	Snoring and sleep apnea

Throat:
	Tonsil infections	Tongue tie
	Hoarseness	Noisy breathing
	Cough	Lump in the neck
	Child Language	Stutter
	Swallowing	Voice Problems
	Speech Language Pathologist
Cosmetic:
	Otoplasty

Surgery:
	Ear tubes	Adenoidectomy
	Tonsillectomy	Sinus Surgery
	Airway reconstruction

The information provided on this web site is not intended to take the place of consultation with your physician. You should always consult a physician whenever you require diagnosis or treatment.