This is an allied health profession practiced by a speech-language pathologist (SLP). SLPs deal in diagnosis and treatment of disorders affecting speech and language, cognitive issues that affect communication, voice and swallowing both in children and adults. SLPs also play a multidisciplinary role in the diagnosis and treatment of autism spectrum disorder.

Causes of Speech, language, and swallowing disorders include hearing loss, emotional issues, developmental delays, stroke and brain injury, cerebral palsy and structural defects such as cleft palate among others. Follow this link for further information:

Who are speech language pathologists