SLP
Eyes closed, unconscious
SLP is an abbreviation with several professional meanings.
Most commonly it stands for speech-language pathologist, a healthcare professional who diagnoses and treats communication and swallowing disorders: The SLP worked with stroke patients on their speech recovery.
In other contexts, SLP may refer to service location protocol in networking or sea-level pressure in meteorology.
Neurological language impairment
- dysarthriaMotor speech muscle disorder
- apraxiaVoluntary movement execution deficit
- stutteringInvoluntary speech disfluency
- dysphagiaMedical swallowing difficulty
voice disorders · language delay · cluttering · selective mutism · laryngectomy · dysphonia · hearing loss · cleft palate
Medical care provider
- therapistMental health practitioner
- audiologistHearing disorder specialist
- certificationAttestation of qualification
- licensureOfficial permission to practice
caseload · supervisor · assessment · intervention · treatment planning · documentation · IEP · private practice
Determining worth or quality
- standardized testingIdentical assessments across populations
- hearing screeningTest for auditory function
- case historyDocumented background of treatment
- percentileStatistical ranking threshold
clinical observation · norm-referenced · criterion-referenced
Treatment for speaking disorders
- AACSound compression format
- social skills trainingStructured interpersonal competence development
- carryoverAmount brought forward
- generalizationDeriving principles from examples
cueing · modeling · prompting · reinforcement · baseline · discharge · maintenance · evidence-based practice
aphasia
Neurological language impairment
- dysarthriaMotor speech muscle disorder
- apraxiaVoluntary movement execution deficit
- stutteringInvoluntary speech disfluency
dysphagia · voice disorders · language delay · cluttering · selective mutism · laryngectomy · dysphonia · hearing loss · cleft palate · autism spectrum
clinician
Medical care provider
- therapistMental health practitioner
- audiologistHearing disorder specialist
- certificationAttestation of qualification
licensure · caseload · supervisor · assessment · intervention · treatment planning · documentation · IEP · private practice · hospital
evaluation
Determining worth or quality
- standardized testingIdentical assessments across populations
- hearing screeningTest for auditory function
- case historyDocumented background of treatment
percentile · clinical observation · norm-referenced · criterion-referenced
voice therapy
Treatment for speaking disorders
- AACSound compression format
- social skills trainingStructured interpersonal competence development
- carryoverAmount brought forward
generalization · cueing · modeling · prompting · reinforcement · baseline · discharge · maintenance · evidence-based practice