Speech Pathology role-plays
Cases generated against a speech pathology topic schema — diabetes counselling, post-op handover, stuttering and cluttering education for parents.
For speech pathologists
OET Speaking practice built formigrating speech-language therapists.
Live AI patient role-plays, 9-criteria Speaking scoring, and a case bank tuned to speech pathology scenarios — plus an AI marker that scores your OET Writing referral letters on all six official criteria.
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Speech Pathology-specific cases
Profession-aware role-plays covering 8+ speech pathology scenarios.
9-criteria OET scoring
Full official rubric — automatically scored on every role-play.
4+ regulators served
Speech Pathology Australia · CORU · UK HCPC and more.
OET Writing, marked
Referral letters scored on all 6 official Writing criteria, with inline annotations.
What speech pathologists get
Built around the scenarios speech pathologists actually face.
A paediatric speech pathologist explaining a cluttering speech assessment to the parent of an 11-year-old and recommending home strategies.
Every OET criterion, scored
Intelligibility, fluency, appropriateness, grammar, empathy, patient perspective, structure, gathering, giving — plus a 0–500 overall and an A–E grade.
Pronunciation diagnostics
Industry-grade pronunciation analysis surfaces the specific words that hurt your score — including the clinical vocabulary speech pathologists say every day.
Cue verification per task
Each role-card has 4–5 tasks. We verify each one against your transcript with the exact quote you used — hit, partial, or miss.
Targets speech pathologists' weak spots
Most speech pathologists lose marks in the same places: empathy with parents of paediatric patients, information giving (specialty jargon), providing structure for multi-session plans. The recommender targets these criteria first.
Speech Pathology Writing letters, marked
Write a speech pathology referral letter against a profession-specific case, then get it scored on all six official OET Writing criteria — with inline annotations and band-5 + band-7 model answers.
Privacy by default
Your recordings, transcripts, and scores stay on infrastructure we control. Export everything, delete your account, and your data is gone.
Where speech pathologists use it
Accepted by the regulators speech pathologists register with.
OET is recognised by healthcare regulators in every major destination. Practice on OET Live and you're preparing for the exact same Speaking format every one of them assesses.
Australia
Speech Pathology Australia
Ireland
CORU
United Kingdom
UK HCPC
New Zealand
New Zealand Speech-language Therapists' Association
What each board asks for
You may not need Grade B in all four.
Speech Pathology Australia is the strictest requirement anywhere on OET's list: Grade A in Reading, Writing and Speaking, not B. If Australia is the destination, the target is a whole band above what the rest of the profession trains for.
| Regulator | Listening | Reading | Writing | Speaking |
|---|---|---|---|---|
United Kingdom Health and Care Professions Council (HCPC) Accepts OET; no grade published on OET’s list. Confirm with the regulator. | n/p | n/p | n/p | n/p |
Australia Speech Pathology Australia | B | A | A | A |
New Zealand New Zealand Qualifications Authority (NZQA) | B | B | B | B |
Ireland CORU - Regulating Health and Social Care Professional Accepts OET; no grade published on OET’s list. Confirm with the regulator. | n/p | n/p | n/p | n/p |
Canada Regulatory College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of New Brunswick | B | B | B | B |
Singapore Allied Health Professions Council Singapore | B | B | B | B |
United States Licensing and Regulatory Affairs (LARA) - State of Michigan | C+ | C+ | C+ | C+ |
Namibia Health Professions Councils of Namibia (HPCNA) | B | B | B | B |
United Arab Emirates Dubai Healthcare City Authority | C | C | C | C |
- Compiled from OET's own list of recognising organisations, captured 2026-10-12. One row per country: where several bodies gate registration, the table shows the one that registers speech pathologists specifically.
- Rows marked "not published" are bodies OET lists as accepting the test without stating a grade. They do accept OET — the number simply has to come from the regulator directly.
- Always confirm against the regulator before you book. A board can change its requirement between our weekly refresh and your application, and some accept scores combined across two sittings while others do not.
The answer for one country
A page per destination, stating what speech pathologists need there and which board decides — built to be linked when somebody asks.
More detail: how the 0–500 score maps to a letter grade and the full list of countries and regulators that accept OET.
Inside the bank
Common speech pathology scenarios you'll practice.
Every case is generated against a speech pathology-specific topic schema and audited against the OET rubric before it enters the bank.
Pediatric speech and language assessment
Adult stroke aphasia rehabilitation
Stuttering and cluttering education for parents
Voice disorder counselling
Swallowing assessment (dysphagia)
AAC (augmentative and alternative communication) introduction
Autism communication support
Hearing loss communication strategies
Practice role-play cards for speech pathologists — the candidate side of each role-play, from our own practice bank.
Sample case
What a 5-minute speech pathology role-play looks like.
Setting
Community paediatric clinic, follow-up consultation
Tasks
- 1Greet Mr Baker and acknowledge his concern about Grace's speech.
- 2Explore what he's noticed and his expectations from today.
- 3Explain cluttering and what helps without using jargon.
- 4Co-design two home strategies for the next two weeks.
- 5Agree on the next session and what to bring.
Phrase bank
Four phrases worth drilling.
Internalise these and you'll have go-to language for the moments that matter most in migrating speech-language therapists' consultations.
Parent-focused empathy
“Watching your child struggle to be understood is hard — you're not failing, and there's a lot we can do together.”
Translating jargon
“When we say "cluttering" we mean speech that comes out in fast bursts and feels jumbled — different from stuttering.”
Home strategy
“Let's pick two things you can do at home in the next two weeks rather than trying everything at once.”
Closing
“I'll see Grace in two weeks. Before then, would you keep a brief log of when her speech feels easier?”
Now scoring OET Writing
Not just Speaking — OET Writing for speech pathologists, too.
Write a speech pathology referral letter against a profession-specific case — timed under exam conditions, or untimed with hints and model answers — and get it marked on all six official OET Writing criteria. Inline annotations show the phrases that cost you marks, and band-5 + band-7 sample answers show the next band up. There is no word-count penalty: length is judged only through relevance and summarising.
Scored 0–3
Purpose
Scored 0–7
Content
Scored 0–7
Conciseness & Clarity
Scored 0–7
Genre & Style
Scored 0–7
Organisation & Layout
Scored 0–7
Language
FAQ
What speech pathologists ask most often.
Does the UK HCPC accept OET for speech & language therapists?
Yes. UK HCPC requires OET Grade B (350+) in each sub-test for international speech & language therapy applicants.
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