Topic summary

Speech pathology

Speech pathology

Extracted from the Wikipedia article Speech–language pathology.

The field of speech-language pathology is practiced by a clinician known as a speech–language pathologist (SLP) or a speech and language therapist (SLT). It is an allied health profession regulated by professional state licensing boards including the Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists in the UK; American Speech-Language-Hearing AssocationASHA in the United States of America, and Speech Pathology Australia in Australia.