It is a field of rehabilitation science that examines, diagnoses, and treats communication disorders, cognitive disorders, voice disorders, and swallowing problems by a clinical specialist called a speech therapist or a speech and language pathologist (SLP).
A common misconception is that speech therapy is a branch of psychology that deals with correcting behavioral disorders by talking to people. Many people consider this discipline limited to correcting pronunciation disorders (for example, a person who cannot pronounce the letter r).
Actually speech therapy deals with a wide range of issues of speech (speech), language, swallowing, voice and communication
