Speech and Language Therapy

About this course

Speech and language therapy is the health profession dedicated to assessing and treating people of all ages who have communication difficulties or problems with eating, drinking, and swallowing. The conditions that speech and language therapists work with include stammering, voice disorders, aphasia following stroke, autism, learning disability, cleft palate, head and neck cancer, and the communication effects of progressive neurological conditions such as Parkinson's disease and motor neurone disease. The work requires both rigorous scientific knowledge, including linguistics, phonetics, anatomy, neurology, and psychology, and the clinical and interpersonal skills to work effectively with people in often vulnerable circumstances. At Leeds Beckett University, this three-year full-time degree trains you to work as a qualified speech and language therapist. You will develop your understan

Where its graduates go

The 3 largest scored destinations, covering 100% of graduates; the headline also reflects the subject baseline.

• 55 / 100Administrative occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 35 / 100Design occupations · 5% of graduatescards →
• 8 / 100Therapy professionals · 90% of graduatescards →

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