{"id":291,"date":"2019-05-14T20:46:48","date_gmt":"2019-05-14T20:46:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evergr19.fm1.dev\/about\/what-is-a-speech-language-pathologist\/"},"modified":"2019-05-24T16:29:03","modified_gmt":"2019-05-24T16:29:03","slug":"what-is-a-speech-language-pathologist","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/about\/what-is-a-speech-language-pathologist\/","title":{"rendered":"What is a Speech-Language Pathologist?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"768\" height=\"512\" src=\"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iStock-595131308-1-768x512.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-517\" srcset=\"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iStock-595131308-1-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/05\/iStock-595131308-1.jpg 1254w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Speech-language pathologists (SLPs), commonly referred to as\nspeech therapists, can evaluate a patient\u2019s speech, language, cognitive,\ncommunication and swallowing skills in order to diagnose a speech disorder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SLP will gather a history of the child\u2019s health, family,\ndevelopment and school performance before the evaluation. Depending on the age\nand attention span of the child, the evaluation may be completed in just one\nsession, or it could span over several sessions. The length of the session\ndepends on the SLP\u2019s plan and the child\u2019s cooperation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The SLP will likely evaluate the following categories:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>Understanding and use of different words<\/li><li>Correct use of words in correctly formed sentences<\/li><li>Use of language for different purposes<\/li><li>Pronunciation of speech sounds<\/li><li>Physical ability to produce speech<\/li><li>Voice quality<\/li><li>Fluency or smooth flow of speech<\/li><li>Fine motor skills<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n<p>Call <span class=\"company-name \">Evergreen Speech and Hearing Clinic<\/span> at <a href=\"tel:+14254541883\" class=\"phone \"> <span class=\"phNum\">(425) 454-1883<\/span><\/a> for more information or to schedule an appointment.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Speech-language pathologists (SLPs), commonly referred to as speech therapists, can evaluate a patient\u2019s speech, language, cognitive, communication and swallowing skills in order to diagnose a speech disorder. The SLP will gather a history of the child\u2019s health, family, development and school performance before the evaluation. Depending on the age and attention span of the child,&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":120,"menu_order":4,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","schema":"","fname":"","lname":"","position":"","credentials":"","placeID":"","no_match":false,"name":"","company":"","review":"","address":"","city":"","state":"","zip":"","lat":"","lng":"","phone1":"","phone2":"","fax":"","mon1":"","mon2":"","tue1":"","tue2":"","wed1":"","wed2":"","thu1":"","thu2":"","fri1":"","fri2":"","sat1":"","sat2":"","sun1":"","sun2":"","hours-note":"","footnotes":""},"service_tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/291"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=291"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/291\/revisions"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/120"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=291"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"service_tags","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/everhear.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/service_tags?post=291"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}