What is a speech-Language Pathologist?

A speech-language pathologist  works with many areas of communication including; articulation,  understanding language, expressing language, voice, and fluency. 

Articulation—difficulty in the ability to produce sounds in conversational speech not consistent with chronological age expectations.

Language— There are 3 main areas within language that  are assessed when evaluating language.

· Receptive language—the ability to listen to language and understand the meaning.

· Expressive language—the ability to general verbal language to communicate information.

· Processing—the ability to process information, organize it, and use it for various tasks.

Voice— An excess or significant deficiency in pitch, intensity or quality resulting from a pathological condition or inappropriate use of the vocal mechanism. Most often seen in this area is inappropriate use of voice causing a sound distortion in the voice.

Fluency—Interruption in the flow of speech by repetitions or prolongations of sound, syllable, or by avoidance and struggle behavior.