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Career Details :: Speech-Language Pathologists
Description
Assess and treat persons with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders. May select alternative communication systems and teach their use. May perform research related to speech and language problems.
Experience
A minimum of two to four years of work-related skill, knowledge, or experience is needed for these occupations. For example, an accountant must complete four years of college and work for several years in accounting to be considered qualified.
Education
Most of these occupations require a four-year bachelor's degree, but some do not.
Training
Employees in these occupations usually need several years of work-related experience, on-the-job training, and/or vocational training.
Tasks
- Administers hearing or speech/language evaluations, tests, or examinations to patients to collect information on type and degree of impairment.
- Records and maintains reports of speech or hearing research or treatments.
- Advises educators or other medical staff on speech or hearing topics.
- Participates in conferences or training to update or share knowledge of new hearing or speech disorder treatment methods or technology.
- Refers clients to additional medical or educational services if needed.
- Counsels and instructs clients in techniques to improve speech or hearing impairment, including sign language or lip-reading.
- Evaluates hearing and speech/language test results and medical or background information to determine hearing or speech impairment and treatment.
- Conducts or directs research and reports findings on speech or hearing topics to develop procedures, technology, or treatments.
Related Careers
- Health Educators
- Occupational Therapists
- Physical Therapists
- Recreational Therapists
- Respiratory Therapists
Important Abilities
General Work Activities
- Getting Information Needed to Do the Job
- Processing Information
- Updating & Using Job-Relevant Knowledge
- Making Decisions and Solving Problems
- Identifying Objects, Actions, and Events
Important Skills
Frequent Work Context
- Job-Required Social Interaction
- Importance of Being Exact or Accurate
- Indoors
- Objective or Subjective Information
- Importance of Being Sure All Is Done
Related Majors
| Major | Add to XapPack |
|---|---|
| Audiology |  [ add ] |
| Audiology/Hearing Sciences | [ add ] |
| Communication Disorders | [ add ] |
| Communication Disorders/Sciences | [ add ] |
| Communication Sciences/Disorders | [ add ] |
| Communication Specialist | [ add ] |
| Communicative Disorders | [ add ] |
| Deaf Studies | [ add ] |
| Habilitation of the Deaf | [ add ] |
| Interpreter Training | [ add ] |
| Language/Communication Disorders | [ add ] |
| Speech Arts/Communicative Disorders | [ add ] |
| Speech Correction | [ add ] |
| Speech Correction/Audiology | [ add ] |
| Speech Pathology | [ add ] |
| Speech Pathology/Audiology | [ add ] |
| Speech-Language Pathology/Audiology | [ add ] |
| Speech/Communication Disorders | [ add ] |
| Speech/Hearing | [ add ] |
| Speech/Hearing Disorders | [ add ] |
| Speech/Hearing Handicapped | [ add ] |
| Speech/Hearing Science | [ add ] |
| Speech/Hearing Sciences | [ add ] |
| Speech/Language Pathology | [ add ] |
| Speech/Language Pathology/Audiology | [ add ] |
| Speech/Language Therapy | [ add ] |
| Speech/Language/Auditory Pathology | [ add ] |
| Speech/Pathology/Audiology | [ add ] |
Institutions Offering Related Majors
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