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| Domain | Definition |
Health | A specialist who evaluates and treats people with communication and swallowing problems. Also called a speech therapist. (references) |
Occupations | Specializes in diagnosis and treatment of speech and language problems, and engages in scientific study of human communication: Diagnoses and evaluates speech and language skills as related to educational, medical, social, and psychological factors. Plans, directs, or conducts habilitative and rehabilitative treatment programs to restore communicative efficiency of individuals with communication problems of organic and nonorganic etiology. Provides counseling and guidance and language development therapy to handicapped individuals. Reviews individual file to obtain background information prior to evaluation to determine appropriate tests and to ensure that adequate information is available. Administers, scores, and interprets specialized hearing and speech tests. Develops and implements individualized plans for assigned clients to meet individual needs, interests, and abilities. Evaluates and monitors individuals, using audio-visual equipment, such as tape recorders, overhead projectors, filmstrips, and demonstrative materials. Reviews treatment plan, and assesses individual performance to modify, change, or write new programs. Maintains records as required by law, establishment's policy, and administrative regulations. Attends meetings and conferences and participates in other activities to promote professional growth. Instructs individuals to monitor their own speech and provides ways to practice new skills. May act as consultant to educational, medical, and other professional groups. May conduct research to develop diagnostic and remedial techniques. May serve as consultant to classroom teachers to incorporate speech and language development activities into daily schedule. May teach manual sign language to student incapable of speaking. May instruct staff in use of special equipment designed to serve handicapped. See AUDIOLOGIST (medical ser.) 076.101-010 for one who specializes in diagnosis of, and provision of rehabilitative services for, auditory problems. (references) |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Crosswords: SPEECH PATHOLOGIST |
| Specialty definitions using "SPEECH PATHOLOGIST": AUDIOLOGIST. (references) |
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| Subject | Topic | Quote |
Health | A speech pathologist specializes in the disorders of voice, speech, and language. (references) | |
If their son's speech seems to be lagging behind that of other children, parents should ask their child's pediatrician for a referral to a speech pathologist for further testing. (references) | ||
Rehabilitation with a speech pathologist involves extensive exercises in which patients read, write, follow directions, and repeat what they hear. Computer-aided therapy may supplement standard language therapy. (references) | ||
Source: compiled by the editor from ICON Group International, Inc.; see credits. | ||
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
speech pathologist | 90 |
speech pathologist job | 54 |
speech pathologist salary | 18 |
speech pathologist employment | 5 |
speech pathologist career | 2 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "SPEECH PATHOLOGIST"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | ||||
Danish | foniater. (various references) | ||||
Dutch | spraakarts. (various references) | ||||
French | docteur en pathologie de la parole. (various references) | ||||
German | Sprachpathologe. (various references) | ||||
Italian | specialista fonoaudiologico, foniatra. (various references) | ||||
Pig Latin | eechspay athologistpay | ||||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
| Words within the letters "a-c-e-e-g-h-h-i-l-o-o-p-p-s-s-t-t" | |
-4 letters: eschatologies. | |
-5 letters: escapologies, escapologist, oligochaetes, osteopathies, osteoplastic, pathologists, posthospital, psephologies, psephologist, theosophical. | |
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