Definitions for "Speech pathology"
Services include the following: Identification of children with speech or language impairments. Diagnosis and appraisal of specific speech or language impairments. Referral for medical or other professional attention necessary for the habilitation of speech or language impairments. Provision of speech and language services for the habilitation or prevention of communicative impairments. Counseling and guidance of parents, children, and teachers regarding speech and language impairments.
The medical science concerned with the diagnosis and correction of speech or language defects and disorders. Conditions range from simple sound substitutions to the inability to understand or use language.
A pathologist licensed in the treatment of speech disorders.
A health care professional who helps people who need to relearn how to speak because of a stroke or other illness.