Disciplines and Occupations

Speech-Language Pathology

The study of speech or language disorders and their diagnosis and correction.

National Library of MedicineMedical Subject Headings2026

Structured Summary

Abstract

The study of speech or language disorders and their diagnosis and correction.

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Synonyms

7 entry terms
  • Pathology, Speech-Language
  • Pathology, Speech Language
  • Speech Language Pathology
  • Language Pathology
  • Pathology, Language
  • Pathology, Speech
  • Speech Pathology

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Aspects Covered

12 allowable subheadings

Indexed with the subheadings classification, economics, education, ethics, history, instrumentation, legislation & jurisprudence, methods, organization & administration, standards, statistics & numerical data, trends.

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Indexing Annotation

the specialty devoted to the study of speech & language disorders, their diagnosis & therapy; do not confuse with the patient or disease ( = SPEECH DISORDERS or LANGUAGE DISORDERS); AMERICAN SPEECH-LANGUAGE-HEARING ASSOCIATION is also available

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History Note

91; was SPEECH PATHOLOGY 1980-90; was included in SPEECH THERAPY 1964-79 (Prov 1964-65)

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Previous Indexing

  • Speech Therapy (1966-1979)

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NLM Classification

WL 21

AMA Style

References

  1. National Library of Medicine. Speech-Language Pathology. Medical Subject Headings (MeSH). 2026. Unique ID D013066. http://id.nlm.nih.gov/mesh/2026/D013066
  2. Speech-Language Pathology. In: Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Speech%E2%80%93language_pathology
  3. Speech-Language Pathology. In: Wikidata. https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q33226