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Speech-language pathologists are otherwise known as “speech therapists.” These health-care providers specialize in speech disorders, voice care, and even swallowing problems. The type of conditions and people they take care of include speech delay, stuttering, singers with poor voice technique, and stroke patients with speech and swallowing issues.

These professionals have a choice as to how they wish to practice. Similar to so many of the other health-care fields, they can work exclusively in the hospital environment, but many choose to have their own office and function independently in their clinical areas of choice, and based on their expertise. The office setup in these situations would be similar to that of other primary health-care providers.

A lot of the time, speech-language pathology is clumped together with audiology. This is a common association in many parts of the world, particularly when it comes to educational institutions and societies.