B.Sc. Audiology And Speech Pathology is a 4 years academic course which includes a 1 year internship period. This course would empower the students with the ability to work effectively with people with any kind of communication disorder. It is aimed at producing skilled and efficient manpower which requires people who are genuinely interested in helping the differently abled people in society. During the course, students will learn about many normal and abnormal aspects of speech, voice, and language. They will be imparted knowledge to find out disorders of the middle and inner ear as well as any central auditory nervous system abnormalities. The many aspects of speech disorders that they would learn would help them in handling people with stutter, disarticulation, autism, stroke, mental retardation, and other learning disabilities.
One can choose their area of specialization based on their preference. The B.Sc Audiology And Speech Pathology salary in India depends on the area of specialization chosen as well as the education body from where they did their BASLP course. The various specializations in this stream are: [ + More ]
– Board-certified specialist certification (BCS) – One needs this license in order to get certified in other specific areas of SLP like swallowing disorders, child language disorders, fluency disorders, etc.
– Prompts for Restructuring Oral Muscular Phonetic Targets (PROMPT) certification – This course will enhance your skills to work with patients in developing their motor skills and production of speech and communication. It focusses on enunciation, articulation, and pronunciation. In order to be PROMPT certified you may have to work in this field for 5 years and attend workshops, complete practicums, etc.
– Board-certified specialist in fluency and fluency disorder certification (BCS-F) – Many medical factors like injury, trauma, etc can affect swallowing capacity of children as well as adults. A BCS-S specialist works on swallowing difficulty in such individuals.
– Lee Silverman voice treatment certification (LSVT) – The Lee Silverman voice treatment (LSVT) certification allows SLPs to work with people with Parkinson’s disease. They work on vocal expressions, swallowing, neural, functioning amongst other speech related disorders.