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Speech and Language Therapist (UK) / Speech-Language Pathologist (US)
Outpatient Practice

Speech and language therapists in outpatient practice

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DE, AT, CH
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Overview

Speech and language therapists in outpatient practice examine and treat disorders of language, speech, voice, swallowing, breathing, oral functions and hearing in people of all ages. With children the focus is on language and speech development, fluency, and reading, writing and arithmetic. With adults the work mainly concerns neurological disorders such as aphasia, dysarthria and dysphagia, voice disorders and facial palsy. Therapy is preceded by a case history interview and a careful assessment, after which suitable methods are selected and applied. Diagnostics may include instrument-based procedures such as audiometry and voice range measurement. For dementia the professional association names counselling and training of relatives in the later course, and for tracheostomy tubes patients and relatives are part of the interdisciplinary team.

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Germany
 
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Austria
 
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Switzerland
 

Fields of use and typical tasks

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Evidence from: DE, AT, CH

  • Carry out language exercises, breathing exercises and movement therapy for the speech muscles (evidence: member information of a health insurer)
  • Teach speech and swallowing techniques
  • Voice therapy: work on breathing, phonation and articulation, and for organic causes practise the use of voice prostheses, substitute voices and electronic speech aids
  • Speech therapy for dysarthria: train loudness, tongue mobility, articulation and intonation
  • Language therapy for aphasia: build language comprehension, initiate and maintain spoken language, build communication strategies
  • Swallowing therapy: muscle exercises, posture changes, positioning techniques and advice on diet

Specializations

Devices and systems they use

Who they work with

  • ENT physicians and phoniatricians
  • Prescribing general practitioners and specialists
  • Physiotherapists
  • Occupational therapists
  • Nurses
  • Dietitians
  • Singing teachers (for disorders of the singing voice)

Frequently asked questions

Do speech and language therapists use measuring devices?

Under instrument-based diagnostics the association source lists audiometry (tuning fork, pure tone and speech audiometry as well as objective procedures) and voice range measurement of pitch and loudness as a comparison before and after therapy.

Do speech and language therapists deal with voice prostheses or electronic speech aids?

Yes, in voice rehabilitation after laryngectomy. The source names oesophageal voice, voice prosthesis and electrolarynx as substitute methods.

Do they work with patients with a tracheostomy tube?

Yes. The source mentions weaning from the tube with a change in breathing and treatment of the swallowing disorder, in a team with nurses, physicians, dietitians and physiotherapists.

How does speech and language therapy basically proceed?

Therapy is preceded by a case history interview, followed by a careful assessment, the selection of suitable methods and their application.

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