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Assesses and treats people with communication disorders including speech, language, voice, fluency and literacy difficulties or people who have physical problems with eating or swallowing.
Skill Level:
The entry requirement for this occupation is a bachelor degree or higher qualification. Registration or licensing may be required.
Tasks Include:
- administers tests, and observes patients to determine the nature and extent of communication, speech or voice disorders
- plans and conducts remedial exercises and programs to correct stuttering, abnormal articulation and other speech disorders
- advises on treatment for children slow in learning to speak
- provides speech training for patients with communication problems caused by defective hearing, abnormality, surgery or injury
- plans individual or group therapy in rehabilitation of patients with communication disorders
- counsels and guides language handicapped people, their families, teachers and employers
- may act as a consultant to education, medical, dental and other professional groups
- may conduct research related to the development of diagnostic techniques or the design of related apparatus
- may refer to, or accept referrals from, medical practitioners