Celebrating National Speech-Language-Hearing Month

National Speech-Language-Hearing Month is an opportunity to celebrate the crucial work of speech-language pathologists, audiologists, students, and related professionals in the field. It is also aimed at raising awareness about human communication and swallowing disorders and promoting the importance of early intervention and treatment.

Throughout the month of May, various events, campaigns, and educational initiatives take place to spotlight the challenges faced by individuals with speech, language, and hearing impairments. National Speech-Language-Hearing Month offers a chance to foster understanding, compassion, and support for those affected by communication disorders, empowering them to lead fulfilling lives. 

Discover more about SLH month, access resources for SLP professionals, and find ways to celebrate all month long at asha.org/national-speech-language-hearing-month.  

 

GMercyU Programs

GMercyU is proud to offer a two-year hybrid Master of Science in Speech-Language Pathology degree that begins this fall.

Before applying to an SLP master's degree program, you may first need to complete prerequisite courses.

GMercyU’s one-year Speech-Language Pathology Prerequsite Program is completely online, allowing you to continue working while you prepare to meet the admissions curriculum criteria for GMercyU's MS SLP program or other speech-language pathology graduate programs with similar requirements.

 

About the Career of Speech-Language Pathology

This year, speech-language pathologists ranked as the #3 job in healthcare and #10 job overall in U.S. News and World Report’s Best 100 Jobs list.

Competitive salary — in addition to perks like getting to work with patients of a range of ages (from infants to the elderly) and a broad choice of career settings — make this an attractive career path.

Here are seven SLP career settings to explore. You can also learn what SLPs make, depending on experience, where you live and work, and your career setting.