Speech Pathologists

Speech Pathologists provide diagnostic assessment and management of disorders of communication and swallowing through direct intervention, education, consultancy, advocacy, or a combination of these approaches.

What the job involves

• Administers tests and observes patients to determine nature and extent of disorders

• Plans and conducts programs of remedial exercises to correct disorders such as stuttering and abnormal articulation

• Administers individual and group therapy for rehabilitation of patients with communication problems caused by defective hearing, cerebral palsy, surgery and injury

• Advises on treatment for children with difficulties in learning to speak

• Counsels and guides language-handicapped individuals, their families, teachers and employers