Speech Pathologist

Duties and Responsibilities: Speech-language pathologists work to prevent, assess, diagnose, and treat speech language, social communication, cognitive-communication, and swallowing disorders in children and adults.  Speech, language, and swallowing disorders result from a variety of causes, such as a stroke, brain injury, hearing loss, developmental delay, Parkinson’s disease, a cleft palate or autism.

Salary: $73,410 per year

Education: In order to become a Speech Pathologist you are going to need a Master’s Degree.

Demand for this profession: Employment of speech-language pathologists to grow 21% from 2014 to 2024.

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Reflection: Do you think you would like to be one? Why? Why not?

I think I would like to be one. It doesn’t really interest me but it wouldnt also hurt to give a try on this career.