Speech-Language Therapy (SLT) is a healthcare profession concerned with the fields of communication and swallowing. It serves to rehabilitate individuals with disorders of communication and swallowing, as well as to prevent such disorders. It is closely related to the fields of Audiology, Medicine, Special Education, and Psychology.
We train students to become Speech-Language Therapists.
Did you know that UKZN is the only institution in KwaZulu-Natal that offers a programme which allows you to get the ”hands-on” experience of learning about the science of speech and swallowing? Our students provide assessments, therapy and support groups for children and adults with disabilities at the university’s Speech Language Therapy clinic, as well as selected public schools and hospital settings, sometimes as part of a multidisciplinary or interprofessional team.
The Discipline od Speech-Language Therapy at the University of Kwazulu-Natal (Westville Campus) offers clinical assessments and/or intervention for a range of communication disorders. Students provide services under the supervision of clinical practitioners and academics in the following clinics:
