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<p style="text-align: center;"><strong>Reviewed 2/8/2023</strong></p>
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<p>Speech therapy quiz</p>
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True or false?</p>
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Speech-language pathologists treat a wide variety of communication and swallowing problems. How much do you know about the many types of disorders speech therapy can address?</p>
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Start the quiz</p>
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True or false: Speech-language pathologists work only in outpatient settings.</p>
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FALSE. Speech-language pathologists work in many settings. You might find them in grade schools, colleges and universities, private practices, rehabilitation centers, and hospitals.</p>
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True or false: Speech therapy is mainly helpful for children.</p>
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FALSE. Speech-language pathologists work with people of all ages to treat many types of communication and swallowing problems, including: </p>
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    <li>Stuttering. </li>
    <li>Learning disabilities involving reading, spelling and writing. </li>
    <li>Voice, language and swallowing disorders caused by problems like stroke, cancer or brain injury.</li>
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True or false: Speech therapy might help someone who has autism interact socially with others.</p>
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TRUE: All people with autism have social communication problems. Speech-language pathologists can educate and train them how to greet others and ask questions; speak in ways appropriate to the listener and setting; and follow social norms for conversation, like taking turns at talking or how close to stand to someone while conversing.</p>
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True or false: Speech-language pathologists help people learn to swallow food.</p>
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TRUE: A swallowing disorder can lead to problems like poor nutrition and weight loss. Speech-language pathologists can help people learn to manage swallowing problems (called dysphagia) in order to suck, chew and swallow food and liquid properly.</p>
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True or false: Speech therapy can help with how your voice sounds.</p>
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TRUE: Speech-language pathologists address a variety of voice problems. If you sound hoarse or lose your voice easily, speech therapy can help. Speech-language pathologists can also address other voice issues like talking too loudly, talking through your nose or being unable to make sounds.</p>
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<p><strong>Sources</strong></p>
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    <li>American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. "Adult Speech and Language." <a href="https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/adultsandl/" target="_blank">https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/adultsandl/</a>.</li>
    <li>American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. "Child Speech and Language." <a href="https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/childsandl/" target="_blank">https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/childsandl/</a>.</li>
    <li>American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. "Dysarthria." <a href="https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/dysarthria/" target="_blank">https://www.asha.org/public/speech/disorders/dysarthria/</a>.</li>
    <li>American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. "Speech-Language Pathologists." <a href="https://www.asha.org/Students/Speech-Language-Pathologists/" target="_blank">https://www.asha.org/Students/Speech-Language-Pathologists/</a>.</li>
    <li>American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. "Swallowing Disorders in Adults." <a href="https://www.asha.org/public/speech/swallowing/Swallowing-Disorders-in-Adults/" target="_blank">https://www.asha.org/public/speech/swallowing/Swallowing-Disorders-in-Adults/</a>.</li>
    <li>American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. "Who Are Speech-Language Pathologists, and What Do They Do?" <a href="https://www.asha.org/public/who-are-speech-language-pathologists/" target="_blank">https://www.asha.org/public/who-are-speech-language-pathologists/</a>.</li>
    <li>National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders. "Developmental Language Disorder." <a href="https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/developmental-language-disorder#7" target="_blank">https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/developmental-language-disorder#7</a>.</li>
    <li>U.S. Bureau of Labor Statistics. "What Speech-Language Pathologists Do." <a href="https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/speech-language-pathologists.htm#tab-2" target="_blank">https://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/speech-language-pathologists.htm#tab-2</a>.</li>
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Speech therapy quiz

Could speech therapy help you or a loved one overcome a disorder or recover from an illness?