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Speech-Language Pathology

Occupational and Speech Therapy

Speech-language pathology, also known as speech and language pathology or logopedics, is a healthcare and academic discipline concerned with evaluating, treating and preventing communication disorders. These include expressive and mixed receptive-expressive language disorders, voice disorders, speech sound disorders, speech disfluency, pragmatic language impairments and social communication difficulties, as well as swallowing disorders across the lifespan.

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Speech-language pathology (Wikipedia)
  • https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech%E2%80%93language_pathology, lead section
    Speech-language pathology, also known as speech and language pathology or logopedics, is a healthcare and academic discipline concerning the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of communication disorders, including expressive and mixed receptive-expressive language disorders, v
  • Treats: Cleft Lip and Palate, Article text, use for Cleft Lip and Palate
    For example, the treatment for patients with cleft lip and palate often requires multidisciplinary collaboration.
  • Treats: Autism, Article text, use for Autism
    SLPs play an important role in the screening, diagnosis, and treatment of autism spectrum disorder (ASD), often in collaboration with pediatricians and psychologists.
  • In Group: Occupational, Speech and Cognitive Rehabilitation, Introduction, sentence 1
    Speech-language pathology, also known as speech and language pathology or logopedics, is a healthcare and academic discipline concerning the evaluation, treatment, and prevention of communication disorders, including expressive and mixed receptive-expressive language disorders, voice disorders, speech sound disorders, speech disfluency, pragmatic language impairments, and social communication difficulties, as well as swallowing disorders across the lifespan.
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