How do they match: Speech-Language Pathologists

  • Speech and Hearing Handicapped Teacher
  • Speech and Language Teacher

  • Assess and treat persons with speech, language, voice, and fluency disorders. May select alternative communication systems and teach their use. May perform research related to speech and language problems.

  • Teach clients to control or strengthen tongue, jaw, face muscles, or breathing mechanisms.
  • Conduct lessons or direct educational or therapeutic games to assist teachers dealing with speech problems.
  • Develop or implement treatment plans for problems such as stuttering, delayed language, swallowing disorders, or inappropriate pitch or harsh voice problems, based on own assessments and recommendations of physicians, psychologists, or social workers.