What Is a Speech-Language Pathologist?

Speech-Language Pathologists or SLP's are professionals who are experts in communications. An SLP works with individuals of all ages such as newborns, infants, toddlers, school aged, adults, and the geriatric population.

SLP's work in the following settings:

• School settings

• Private practices

• In-home settings

• Hospitals (inpatient and outpatient)

• Skilled Nursing Facilities (SNF's)

• Colleges and Universities

• Telepractice

SLP's can work with the following communications disorders:

• Speech Sound Disorders

• Language Disorders

• Literacy

• Social Communication/Pragmatics

• Voice Disorders

• Fluency Disorders

• Cognition

• Feeding and Swallowing