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Specialties that open doors

• Swallowing (dysphagia)

  Hospital work after strokes, cancer and surgery. Extra courses in instrumental swallowing assessment.

• AAC (augmentative and alternative communication)

  Speech devices and apps for people who cannot talk. Growing fast.

• Fluency (stuttering)

  A small specialty with long waitlists in private practice.

• Early intervention and autism

  Preschool language programs, often government funded.

• Voice

  Singers, teachers and people recovering from throat surgery.