Activities | Speech-language pathologists, sometimes called speech therapists, assess, diagnose, treat, and help to prevent speech, language, cognitive, communication, voice, swallowing, fluency, and other related disorders. |
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Outlook | Faster-than-average-job growth |
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Median Income | $57,710 per year in May 2006 |
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Work Context & Conditions | Speech-language pathologists usually work at a desk or table in clean comfortable surroundings. |
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Minimum Education Requirements | Master's Degree
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Skills | Social Perceptiveness, Learning Strategies, Monitoring, Critical Thinking, Instructing, Active Listening, Writing, Service Orientation, Time Management, Active Learning, Coordination, Reading Comprehension, Speaking |
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Abilities | Oral Expression, Speech Recognition, Deductive Reasoning, Problem Sensitivity, Flexibility of Closure, Originality, Written Comprehension, Selective Attention, Near Vision, Speech Clarity, Inductive Reasoning, Written Expression, Oral Comprehension, Auditory Attention, Hearing Sensitivity |
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Interviews | Christy Ludlow |
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