Speech therapist in dysphagia - Salary and Career
Speech Pathologists

Speech therapist in dysphagia - Career description, activities, functions and salary

They perform speech therapy for prevention, qualification and rehabilitation of patients and clients, applying specific speech therapy protocols and procedures. They evaluate patients and clients, carry out a speech-language pathology diagnosis, guide patients, clients, family members, caregivers and guardians, work in programs for prevention, health promotion and quality of life, carry out technical-scientific activities through research, specific work, organization and participation in scientific events.

How much does an Speech therapist in dysphagia earn

A Speech therapist in dysphagia earns between $0 and $0 per month, with an average monthly salary of $3.142 and a median salary of $3.142 according to an Averwage.com salary survey along with to data of professionals hired and fired by companies in the labor market.

Our research is based on the salaries of 2 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Speech therapist in dysphagia

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 3.142 37.699 785 52
1º Quartile 0 0 0 0
Median Salary 3.142 37.699 785 52
3º Quartile 0 0 0 0
Higher Salary 0 0 0 0


Professional job categories

  • Science and arts professionals
    • professionals of biological sciences, health
      • medical professionals, health
        • speech pathologists

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Main workplaces

Speech Pathologists they work in the areas of health, education and social services, on a liberal basis and/or with an employment relationship or in the provision of outsourced services, individually or in multidisciplinary teams. They work in offices, hospitals, outpatient clinics, clinics, schools, homes, clubs, communities, schools and industries, indoors, during daytime hours.


What does it take to work in the field of Speech Pathologists

For the exercise of the General Speech-Language Pathologist occupation, a higher education course in the area of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology is required, with registration in the relevant professional council. For the other occupations of Speech-Language Pathologist, in addition to a higher education course in the field of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, with registration in the relevant professional council, a professional qualification course in the area of more than 400 hours is required.


Functions and activities of Speech therapist in dysphagia

Speech Pathologists must:

  • apply speech-language pathology procedures;
  • work in prevention, health promotion and quality of life programs;
  • guiding patients, clients, family members, caregivers and guardians;
  • advise patients, clients, families, caregivers and guardians;
  • guiding patients, clients, family members, caregivers and responsible persons;
  • communicate;
  • perform speech therapy;
  • guiding patients, clients, relatives, caregivers and responsible persons;
  • guiding patients, clients, relatives, caregivers and persons responsible;
  • guide patients, clients, family members, caregivers and guardians;
  • advise patients, clients, relatives, caregivers and guardians;
  • perform technical-scientific and administrative activities;
  • evaluate patients and clients;
  • perform speech-language pathology treatment;
  • perform speech-language pathology diagnosis;
  • guiding patients, clients, relatives, caregivers and guardians;
  • advise patients, clients, family members, caregivers and guardians;
  • demonstrate personal skills;
  • perform technical-scientific and administrative activities;
  • working in prevention, health promotion and quality of life programs;
  • orienting patients, clients, family members, caregivers and guardians;
  • exercise technical-scientific and administrative activities;
  • perform speech therapy;
  • applying speech-language pathology procedures;

  • Activities

    • evaluate functionality of orthotics, prostheses and adaptations;
    • demonstrate creativity;
    • demonstrate adaptability;
    • perform pre, peri and postoperative exams/assessments;
    • demonstrate capacity for analysis and synthesis;
    • evaluate speech;
    • develop technical-administrative manuals;
    • demonstrate initiative;
    • appreciate technical-scientific work;
    • participate in prevention programs and campaigns and promotion;
    • demonstrate ability to analyze and synthesize;
    • apply specific rehabilitation procedures;
    • train professionals;
    • audit programs and services;
    • applying procedures to improve oral, reading and writing language;
    • establish prognosis;
    • indicate assistive technology;
    • work as a team;
    • guiding health habits;
    • adapt assistive technology;
    • register data in medical records;
    • demonstrate organization;
    • detect patient and client expectations;
    • prescribe orthoses, prostheses and adaptations;
    • plan strategies and therapeutic activities with groups (pregnant women, neonates, elderly, etc.);
    • participate in the elaboration of the situational diagnosis;
    • participate in interdisciplinary diagnosis;
    • evaluate auditory system;
    • evaluate functionality of orthoses, prostheses and adaptations;
    • stimulating adherence and continuity of treatment;
    • clarifying doubts;
    • treat oral, reading and writing language disorders;
    • discharge;
    • applying procedures for voice improvement;
    • coordinate teaching, research and extension activities;
    • monitor clinical evolution;
    • treat swallowing disorders;
    • establish therapeutic plan;
    • introduce alternative forms of communication;
    • clearing doubts;
    • participate in institutional programs;
    • evaluate treatment results;
    • treat changes in orofacial functions;
    • evaluate sociocultural and environmental aspects;
    • establishing eligibility criteria;
    • demonstrate dynamism;
    • develop cognitive skills;
    • overcoming adverse situations;
    • perform anamnesis;
    • evaluate voice;
    • evaluate the vestibular system;
    • request reports, reports, opinions;
    • treat fluency alterations;
    • evaluate neuropsychomotor development;
    • perform expertise;
    • work as a team;
    • issuing certificates;
    • adapting orthoses and prostheses;
    • demonstrate objectivity;
    • perform research;
    • plan programs and campaigns for prevention and promotion;
    • transmit security;
    • implement health promotion programs;
    • establish a therapeutic plan;
    • define treatment/action evolution indicators;
    • request additional tests;
    • guiding therapeutic procedures;
    • make decisions;
    • disclose work;
    • choose therapeutic procedures;
    • informing about risks and limits of treatment/intervention;
    • develop educational and informative material;
    • evaluate conditions for socio-occupational performance;
    • guide ergonomic procedures;
    • explain procedures and routines;
    • prepare therapeutic material;
    • treat speech disorders;
    • apply procedures to improve communicative skills;
    • demonstrate non-verbal communication skills;
    • coordinate public sector health services and private;
    • participate in the development of policies and programs of collective health;
    • report;
    • organize technical-scientific events;
    • participate in the development of pedagogical projects;
    • choose instruments for evaluation;
    • analyze clinical evaluations of other professionals;
    • apply procedures in specific environments (icu, ps, etc);
    • characterize target population;
    • evaluate oral, reading and writing language;
    • apply tests and tests;
    • refer patients and clients to other professionals;
    • evaluate cognitive abilities;
    • demonstrate procedures and techniques;
    • analyze the feasibility of procedures with the population -target;
    • check the understanding of the orientation;
    • give feedback on the evaluation;
    • discuss cases with other professionals;
    • evaluate the impact of dysfunction on quality of life;
    • inform about risks and limits of treatment/intervention;
    • orient research;
    • orient research;
    • establish discharge parameters;
    • plan strategies and educational activities;
    • manage programs and campaigns;
    • analyze speech-language pathology assessment results;
    • evaluate body posture;
    • raise diagnostic hypotheses;
    • training for the use of orthoses, prostheses and adaptations;
    • evaluate orthoses, prostheses and adaptations;
    • guiding therapeutic conduct;
    • planning prevention programs and campaigns and promotion;
    • manage human, material and financial resources;
    • write articles, chapters and books;
    • prescribe therapy;
    • supervise internships;
    • provide consultancy or advice;
    • implement disability prevention programs;
    • participate in technical-scientific commissions;
    • treat voice disorders;
    • visiting homes, institutions and workplaces;
    • develop methodologies and technological resources;
    • rehabilitate vestibular system;
    • analyze exams;
    • issue certificates;
    • enable auditory system;
    • deliver courses and lectures;
    • applying procedures to improve facial aesthetics;
    • clarifying treatment prognosis;
    • supervise professionals;
    • develop auditory skills;
    • evaluate auditory system;
    • evaluate auditory processing;
    • demonstrate observation skills;
    • guiding ergonomic procedures;
    • work with biosafety;
    • clarify treatment prognosis;
    • evaluate orofacial functions;
    • perform complementary exams;
    • evaluate fluency;
    • organize publications;
    • evaluate swallowing;
    • establish eligibility criteria;
    • elaborate reports;
    • mediate clinical meetings;
    • detect expectations of patients and clients;


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