Speech-language therapists are specialists in human communication, its development and its disorders. With their help and care most communication disorders needn't have such an impact on the individual and the community. Speech-language therapist working with a group of adolescents using augmentative communication aids. Speech-language therapist assessing a stroke patient. The ability to communicate is our most human characteristic.
Human communication is essential to learning, working and social interaction.
Impaired communication can effect every aspect of a person's life. New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists' Association Inc. Last modified 11 June 2001.