5. Why do you use the term “speech therapist” instead of “speech-language pathologist”? The Speech and Language Kids brand serves information to people from all around the globe and although the United States primarily uses the term “speech-language pathologist”, most other countries do not. In fact, in some English-speaking countries, the term “pathologist” is actually used to refer to the person who dissects dead bodies. Somehow, “speech-language coroner” just doesn’t have the same ring. For that reason, we have chosen to use the broader and more widely-accepted term of “speech therapist”.