Regardless of whether you decide to pursue the profession of audiology or speech-language pathology, the undergraduate education is the same–the study of normal human speech production and perception. It is in graduate school that the professions diverge and become more specialized.
Deciding which profession to pursue can be a challenge. This discussion may help you determine which profession is right for you.
In the content folder SPV 228.XW81.23FA Supplemental Course Materials, I included a separate folder–Unit 1 Supplemental Materials–into which I added the scopes of practice and codes of ethics for both professions; all documents are from American Speech-Language Hearing Association and American Academy of Audiology. This information is reiterated in Welling & Ukstins (2019), Ch. 1, pp. 1-14. Please read these documents and answer the following questions:
(a) How do the scopes of practice differ between audiologists and speech-language pathologists (SLP)?
(b) How do the scopes of practice relate to the education of students in each profession? (In Unit 1 Supplemental Materials folder, there is an article on the education of audiology students that you may wish to use.)
(c) How are these two professions similar?
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