Further Information 1. Careers Speech-Language Pathology is a professional specialisation dealing with the assessment and remediation of communication disorders, including disorders of sound production and language learning, voice disorders, swallowing disorders, stuttering, and disorders of speech and language due to autism or mental retardation or following strokes or accidents.
Audiology is the professional specialisation dealing with deafness and hearing loss.
The professional in this field assesses hearing, fits hearing aids, manages speech and language problems of persons who are hard of hearing, and deals with noise measurment and control. You should be physically and mentally healthy and be interested in working with people. Should you be interested in these career paths, you may wish to approach one of the local general hospitals, special schools or private practices in your area to observe the work of the Speech-Language therapists and Audiologists in these institutions. The two degree programmes extend over four or five years of full-time study. All students take the same subjects in the first two years of study, after shich they are required to select a stream of study in either Speech-Language Pathology OR in Audiology.