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Speech-Language Pathologists

The short answer

This job is expected to meaningfully change. AI can already assist with or automate many of its tasks. In New York State, the number of these jobs is expected to grow over the next decade, with about 1,558 openings expected each year.

Step 1

Where your job stands

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth for how much AI could touch it. That doesn't mean the job goes away—it means more of its tasks are the kind AI can help with.

How much AI could touch this job

More exposedband 4 of 5
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Looking at the job itself, AI could help with about a third of this job's tasks.

What this means

Compared with other New York jobs, this one is in the second most exposed fifth, out of 656 jobs we could rank. Read more in the methodology.

Step 2

What AI can and can’t help with in this job

The score comes from the real, day-to-day tasks of this job—not a guess about the job as a whole. Below are the tasks that matter most in this job, split by whether AI can help with them.

AI can help with or automate about 74% of the tasks in this job.

Tasks AI can help with or automate

  1. Evaluate hearing or speech and language test results, barium swallow results, or medical or background information to diagnose and plan treatment for speech, language, fluency, voice, or swallowing disorders.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  2. Write reports and maintain proper documentation of information, such as client Medicaid or billing records or caseload activities, including the initial evaluation, treatment, progress, and discharge of clients.

    AI could do much of this on its own

  3. Monitor patients' progress and adjust treatments accordingly.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  4. Develop or implement treatment plans for problems such as stuttering, delayed language, swallowing disorders, or inappropriate pitch or harsh voice problems, based on own assessments and recommendations of physicians, psychologists, or social workers.

    AI could help, but needs extra software

  5. Participate in and write reports for meetings regarding patients' progress, such as individualized educational planning (IEP) meetings, in-service meetings, or intervention assistance team meetings.

    AI could do much of this on its own

Tasks AI can't do much of

  1. Administer hearing or speech and language evaluations, tests, or examinations to patients to collect information on type and degree of impairments, using written or oral tests or special instruments.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  2. Educate patients and family members about various topics, such as communication techniques or strategies to cope with or to avoid personal misunderstandings.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  3. Supervise or collaborate with therapy team.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  4. Teach clients to control or strengthen tongue, jaw, face muscles, or breathing mechanisms.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

  5. Instruct clients in techniques for more effective communication, such as sign language, lip reading, or voice improvement.

    AI is unlikely to speed this up

Step 3

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