speech pathology
Treating talking troubles
Speech pathology is the study and treatment of communication disorders—problems with speech, language, voice, or swallowing.
A speech pathologist (or speech-language pathologist) diagnoses conditions like stuttering, aphasia, or difficulty swallowing after a stroke, then designs therapy to improve function.
The field is also called speech-language pathology or speech therapy.
- dysarthriaMotor speech muscle disorder
- aphasiaNeurological language impairment
- stutteringInvoluntary speech disfluency
- articulationClear vocal expression
- voice therapyTreatment for speaking disorders
voice box · laryngoscopy · voice · dysphagia · apraxia · neuroplasticity · standardized tests · dysphonia · AAC · cluttering · audiometry · mutism · phonetics · language delay · voice disorders · special education · children · linguistics
- Australian HealthcareMedicare, GP, general practitioner, doctor, hospital
- ENTear, otology, otolaryngologist, ears, laryngology
- speech therapySLP, voice therapy, stuttering, apraxia, dysarthria
- speechspeaking, talk, diction, conversation, pronunciation
- career fieldsnursing, medicine, engineering, business, finance
- Deafnessdeaf education, deaf awareness, deaf rights, deaf culture, deaf pride