Qualified speech language pathologist

As the name suggests, qualified pathologists assess, diagnose, treat, and help to prevent communication disorders and swallowing disorders in children and adults.

Hearing-assessment

What do speech and language pathologists do?[edit | edit source]

Speech-language pathologists typically do the following:

Speech-language pathologists evaluate levels of speech, language, or swallowing difficulty
Speech-language pathologists Identify treatment options
Create and carry out an individualized treatment plan that addresses specific functional needs
They teach children and adults how to make sounds and improve their voices and maintain fluency
Speech-language pathologists help individuals improve vocabulary and sentence structure used in oral and written language
They work with children and adults to develop and strengthen the muscles used to swallow
Speech-language pathologists counsel individuals and families on how to cope with communication and swallowing disorders

Children and adults[edit | edit source]

Speech-language pathologists work with children and adults who have problems with speech and language, including related cognitive or social communication problems.
Some speech-language pathologists specialize in working with specific age groups, such as children or the elderly.
Other Speech-language pathologists focus on treatment programs for specific communication or swallowing problems, such as those resulting from strokes, trauma, or a cleft palate.
In medical facilities, speech-language pathologists work with [1]physicians and surgeons, [2]social workers, [3]psychologists, occupational therapists, physical therapists, and other healthcare workers.
In schools, they evaluate students for speech and language disorders and work with teachers, other school personnel, and parents to develop and carry out individual or group programs, provide counseling, and support classroom activities.

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Inflammation

Brain	Encephalitis Viral encephalitis Herpesviral encephalitis Limbic encephalitis Encephalitis lethargica Cavernous sinus thrombosis Brain abscess Amoebic
Spinal cord	Myelitis: Poliomyelitis Demyelinating disease Transverse myelitis Tropical spastic paraparesis Epidural abscess
Both/either	Encephalomyelitis Acute disseminated Myalgic Meningoencephalitis

Brain/
encephalopathy

Degenerative

Extrapyramidal and movement disorders	Basal ganglia disease Parkinsonism PD Postencephalitic NMS PKAN Tauopathy PSP Striatonigral degeneration Hemiballismus HD OA Dyskinesia Dystonia Status dystonicus Spasmodic torticollis Meige's Blepharospasm Athetosis Chorea Choreoathetosis Myoclonus Myoclonic epilepsy Akathisia Tremor Essential tremor Intention tremor Restless legs Stiff-person
Dementia	Tauopathy Alzheimer's Early-onset Primary progressive aphasia Frontotemporal dementia/Frontotemporal lobar degeneration Pick's Dementia with Lewy bodies Posterior cortical atrophy Vascular dementia
Mitochondrial disease	Leigh syndrome

Demyelinating

Episodic/
paroxysmal

Seizure/epilepsy	Focal Generalised Status epilepticus Myoclonic epilepsy
Headache	Migraine Familial hemiplegic Cluster Tension
Cerebrovascular	TIA Amaurosis fugax Transient global amnesia Acute aphasia Stroke MCA ACA PCA Foville's Millard–Gubler Lateral medullary Medial medullary Weber's Lacunar stroke
Sleep disorders	Insomnia Hypersomnia Sleep apnea Obstructive Congenital central hypoventilation syndrome Narcolepsy Cataplexy Kleine–Levin Circadian rhythm sleep disorder Advanced sleep phase disorder Delayed sleep phase disorder Non-24-hour sleep–wake disorder Jet lag

CSF

Other

Spinal cord/
myelopathy

Both/either

Degenerative

SA	Friedreich's ataxia Ataxia–telangiectasia
MND	UMN only: Primary lateral sclerosis Pseudobulbar palsy Hereditary spastic paraplegia LMN only: Distal hereditary motor neuronopathies Spinal muscular atrophies SMA SMAX1 SMAX2 DSMA1 Congenital DSMA SMA-PCH SMA-LED SMA-PME Progressive muscular atrophy Progressive bulbar palsy Fazio–Londe Infantile progressive bulbar palsy both: Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis

Conditions

Speech, language, and communication	Expressive language disorder Infantile speech Landau–Kleffner syndrome Language disorder Lisp Mixed receptive-expressive language disorder Specific language impairment Speech and language impairment Speech disorder Speech error Speech sound disorder Stuttering Tip of the tongue
Learning disability	Dyslexia Dyscalculia Dysgraphia Disorder of written expression
Motor	Developmental coordination disorder Developmental verbal dyspraxia
Sensory	Auditory processing disorder Sensory processing disorder

Related topics

Lists

Mental and behavioral disorders

Adult personality and behavior

Gender dysphoria	Ego-dystonic sexual orientation Paraphilia Fetishism Voyeurism Sexual maturation disorder Sexual relationship disorder
Other	Factitious disorder Munchausen syndrome Intermittent explosive disorder Dermatillomania Kleptomania Pyromania Trichotillomania Personality disorder

Childhood and learning

Emotional and behavioral	ADHD Conduct disorder ODD Emotional and behavioral disorders Separation anxiety disorder Movement disorders Stereotypic Social functioning DAD RAD Selective mutism Speech Stuttering Cluttering Tic disorder Tourette syndrome
Intellectual disability	X-linked intellectual disability Lujan–Fryns syndrome
Psychological development (developmental disabilities)	Pervasive Specific

Mood (affective)
Bipolar Bipolar I Bipolar II Bipolar NOS Cyclothymia Depression Atypical depression Dysthymia Major depressive disorder Melancholic depression Seasonal affective disorder Mania

Neurological and symptomatic

Autism spectrum	Autism Asperger syndrome High-functioning autism PDD-NOS Savant syndrome
Dementia	AIDS dementia complex Alzheimer's disease Creutzfeldt–Jakob disease Frontotemporal dementia Huntington's disease Mild cognitive impairment Parkinson's disease Pick's disease Sundowning Vascular dementia Wandering
Other	Delirium Organic brain syndrome Post-concussion syndrome

Neurotic, stress-related and somatoform

Adjustment

Adjustment disorder with depressed mood

Anxiety

Phobia	Agoraphobia Social anxiety Social phobia Anthropophobia Specific social phobia Specific phobia Claustrophobia
Other	Generalized anxiety disorder OCD Panic attack Panic disorder Stress Acute stress reaction PTSD

Dissociative

Somatic symptom

Physiological and physical behavior

Eating

Nonorganic sleep

Postnatal

Sexual dysfunction

Arousal	Erectile dysfunction Female sexual arousal disorder
Desire	Hypersexuality Hypoactive sexual desire disorder
Orgasm	Anorgasmia Delayed ejaculation Premature ejaculation Sexual anhedonia
Pain	Nonorganic dyspareunia Nonorganic vaginismus

Psychoactive substances, substance abuse and substance-related
Drug overdose Intoxication Physical dependence Rebound effect Stimulant psychosis Substance dependence Withdrawal

Schizophrenia, schizotypal and delusional

Delusional	Delusional disorder Folie à deux
Psychosis and schizophrenia-like	Brief reactive psychosis Schizoaffective disorder Schizophreniform disorder
Schizophrenia	Childhood schizophrenia Disorganized (hebephrenic) schizophrenia Paranoid schizophrenia Pseudoneurotic schizophrenia Simple-type schizophrenia
Other	Catatonia

Symptoms and uncategorized
Impulse control disorder Klüver–Bucy syndrome Psychomotor agitation Stereotypy

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Qualified speech language pathologist

What do speech and language pathologists do?[edit | edit source]

Children and adults[edit | edit source]

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