Speech-Language Pathologist
220,409 active NPIs list Speech-Language Pathologist as their primary specialty.
Definition
NUCC provider taxonomyThe speech-language pathologist is the professional who engages in clinical services, prevention, advocacy, education, administration, and research in the areas of communication and swallowing across the life span from infancy through geriatrics. Speech-language pathologists address typical and atypical impairments and disorders related to communication and swallowing in the areas of speech sound production, resonance, voice, fluency, language (comprehension and expression), cognition, and feeding and swallowing.
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- Alabama1,994
- Alaska502
- Arizona4,911
- Arkansas4,057
- California15,132
- Colorado4,885
- Connecticut1,816
- Delaware708
- District of Columbia688
- Florida13,458
- Georgia5,522
- Guam11
- Hawaii623
- Idaho1,085
- Illinois11,168
- Indiana3,226
- Iowa1,151
- Kansas1,602
- Kentucky3,187
- Louisiana3,591
- Maine1,267
- Maryland4,924
- Massachusetts4,341
- Michigan4,583
- Minnesota3,416
- Mississippi1,646
- Missouri5,323
- Montana645
- Nebraska1,926
- Nevada1,082
- New Hampshire1,188
- New Jersey5,626
- New Mexico2,148
- New York26,020
- North Carolina8,186
- North Dakota1,089
- Northern Mariana Islands1
- Ohio8,088
- Oklahoma2,719
- Oregon2,278
- Pennsylvania7,590
- Puerto Rico1,401
- Rhode Island695
- South Carolina3,673
- South Dakota659
- Tennessee4,025
- Texas18,712
- U.S. Virgin Islands22
- Utah1,412
- Vermont341
- Virginia5,361
- Washington4,450
- West Virginia1,434
- Wisconsin4,298
- Wyoming356