Voice audiologist - Salary and Career
Speech Pathologists

Voice audiologist - 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 Voice audiologist earn

A Voice audiologist earns between $1.295 and $6.567 per month, with an average monthly salary of $2.775 and a median salary of $2.476 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 42 professionals hired and dismissed by the period from 06/2021 to 05/2022 (last year).


Salary ranges for the Voice audiologist

Monthly Salary Annual Salary Salary Per Week Hourly Salary
Average wage 2.775 33.299 694 15
1º Quartile 1.295 15.535 324 7
Median Salary 2.476 29.717 619 14
3º Quartile 5.008 60.099 1.252 28
Higher Salary 6.567 78.803 1.642 37


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 Voice audiologist

Speech Pathologists must:

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

  • Activities

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


    Sectors that hire Voice audiologist the most in the job market

    • speech therapy activities
    • retailer of medical and orthopedic articles
    • activities of associations for the defense of social rights
    • outpatient medical activity restricted to consultations
    • physical therapy activities
    • maintenance and repair of equipment and products
    • elementary school
    • rubber artifact manufacturing




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