Pine Cone Health What is Speech-Language Pathology – Who SLPs Are and What They Do When I was growing up, the mention of speech therapy conjured up images of someone helping a child with their “r” soundand an endless sea of flash cards. Many people wonder what is speech-language pathology?While speech-language pathologists certainly help people work on specific sounds, they also do so much more. In this post, I will address some commonly asked questions about speech-language pathologists and speech therapy. What is a speech-language pathologist and what do they do? Speech-language pathologists are involved in the prevention, identification, and treatment of communication and swallowing disorders. More specifically, we help people with: Speech sounds (how we say sounds and put sounds together to form words) Understanding and using language (this includes, but is not limited [...]