GENERAL SUMMARY:

Speech-Language Pathologists (SLP) with certification by the American SpeechLanguage-Hearing Association (ASHA) provide clinical services to individuals with adult and pediatric speech, language cognitive, voice and swallowing disorders. Services include diagnosis, evaluation, therapy, treatment and follow-up. All clinical fellows in Speech-Language Pathology are supervised by ASHA certified SLP’s.

PRINCIPAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES:

+ Provides clinical speech-language pathology services to HFHS patients including:

+ Consultation with patients, family, and HFHS staff about communication and swallowing disorders;

+ Diagnoses speech, language or swallowing disorders and evaluates patient's condition and prognosis;

+ Develops treatment/therapy programs for patients;

+ Schedules and conducts patient follow-up visits.


+ Operates clinical equipment to measure speech production characteristics d...