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What is a speech language pathologist?
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Communication: Disorders. Audiologists and speech pathologist are part of the communications disorder specialty. Speech pathologists specialize in speech and swallowing disorders. They are not mds and are not pathologists.
Answered 4/20/2013
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The American Speech-: Language-Hearing Association defines the scope of practice for Speech/Language Therapists at http://www.asha.org/policy/SP2007-00283/#sec1.5: They address deficits in Speech,the motor aspect of language;Resonance, pitch & vocal quality; Feeding & swallowing issues; Receptive &/or Expressive Language Delays; Deafness; Social Communication, etc. caused by a variety of neurodevelopmental disorders.
Answered 8/16/2014
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