对于那些在交流障碍中挣扎的人，需要一个具备有效技能和培训的优秀倾听者，以帮助他们实现交流目标。交流障碍助手在言语病理学家和听力学家的指导下，帮助实施有效的治疗计划，这将帮助各个年龄段的人们进行更有效的沟通。
Communicative disorders assistants, under the guidance of speech-language pathologists and/or audiologists, help implement effective treatment plans that will assist people of all ages to communicate more effectively.<br>Two or three-year college diploma or three or four-year university degree with emphasis on communicative disorders, linguistics, cognitive sciences, psychology, health sciences, social sciences and/or human/social services curriculum.<br>Applicants with a diploma or degree outside the scope named above will be considered if they have volunteer and/or work experience in a clinical setting with a speech-language pathologist, audiologist and/or communicative disorders assistant.