mal2589

Thank you for your responses. It helps me to feel a little bit more relaxed and more excited about my interest in the field.

I am a junior undergraduate student currently majoring in psychology. I have recently became interested in the speech language pathology field. I like the wide range of career options, the possibility of working one-one-one with clients of all ages, and the topics of study. The only thing that worries me about entering this field is my speech is not perfect. People often ask me if I have an accent, but I am always understood. When I was little I went to see a speech therapist about articulating certain sounds. Today, I speak pretty well, but sometimes my 'r' sounds are not perfect. I know the field is not completely about speech articulation and deals with swallowing and other aspects of communication but I am just wondering how much of a hindrance not having perfect speech would be?