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Speech Pathologist - 5/17/2018

Speech Pathologist

Duties and Responsibilities: Speech-language pathologists (sometimes called speech therapists) assess, diagnose, treat, and help to prevent 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: Speech Pathologist make a total of around $76,000 a year which results to about $36 an hour

Educational Requirements: Typically speech pathologist need at least a Bachelor's degree to be able to practice but it is beneficial to have a Master's or so on. 

Demand for this career: This job is expected to grow 17% in the next incoming years.

Some characteristics you  should have are: compassion, good communication skills, listening skills, detail oriented, and critical thinkers. 

Reflection: This job seems really interestinf and will now be one of the careers i look at to see what i want to pursue in the future. 

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