What is Speech Language Pathology?
According to the Occupational Outlook Handbook, Speech Language Pathology (SLP) continues to be one of the best professions with a growth rate of 21% over the next decade. The Traveling Traveler, a SLP blogger who writes about her work and life, speaks about the pros and cons of the profession.
NAU's MS in Clinical Speech - Language Pathology program prepares you for a wide range of careers. For more information, see the website.
Formulating your research question
Before you can start searching, you need to know what to search! So, you need to create a research question. What do you want to learn? Scholarly Resources will help you support the research question. Some potential topics for your consideration may include:
- Communication Disorders
- Expressive language or voice disorders
- Phonology or Speech Disorders
- Receptive language or Cognition
- Swallowing or Deglutition Disorders
Or more specific categories like:
- Aphasia
- Dysarthria or articulation
- Dysphasia
- Stuttering
Once you have your topic, you may now brainstorm about keywords to develop your research question. What are the terms you wish to search?
Speech Disorders typically found in Children and Youth
- Communication Disorders and Use of Intervention Services Among Children Aged 3–17 Years (2012)
- Developmental Language Disorder
- Childhood Speech and Language Disorders in the General U.S. Population
- Quick Statistics About Voice, Speech, Language
- Speech and Language Problems in Children
Communication Approaches
- American Sign Language (ASL)
- Auditory training/listening
- Conceptually Accurate Signed English (CASE)
- Cued Speech
- Finger spelling
- Manually Coded English (MCE)
- Natural gestures
- Speech
- Speech reading