What is an SLP?
A speech-language pathologist (SLP) 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 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 generate 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.
Articulation - difficulty in the ability to produce sounds in conversational speech not consistent with chronological 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 generate 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.
