Table 1.
Respondent characteristics.
| Category | n | % |
|---|---|---|
| Certification (n = 359 respondents) | ||
| ASHA-certified SLPs | 302 | 84.12 |
| Clinical fellows | 57 | 15.88 |
| Clinical practice setting(s) (n = 315 respondents) | ||
| Early intervention | 73 | 20.3 |
| School-based | 147 | 40.9 |
| Private practice/outpatient clinic | 67 | 18.7 |
| Inpatient hospital-based | 43 | 12.0 |
| Outpatient hospital-based | 64 | 17.8 |
| Long-term acute care | 6 | 1.7 |
| Home health | 18 | 5.0 |
| Skilled nursing facility | 13 | 3.6 |
| College/university | 27 | 7.5 |
| Corporate speech-language pathology | 7 | 1.9 |
| Retired | 9 | 2.5 |
| Other | 8 | 2.2 |
| Primary practice location (n = 315 respondents) | ||
| Rural (including frontier and remote) | 39 | 12.4 |
| Town | 70 | 22.2 |
| Suburb | 82 | 26.0 |
| City/metropolitan | 124 | 39.4 |
| Years in clinical practice (n = 313 respondents) | ||
| < 1 | 25 | 8.0 |
| 1–5 | 85 | 27.2 |
| 6–10 | 67 | 21.4 |
| 11–15 | 31 | 9.9 |
| 16–20 | 17 | 5.4 |
| 21–25 | 22 | 7.0 |
| 26–30 | 25 | 8.0 |
| 30+ | 41 | 13.1 |
| Have you ever provided care for a child with CLP? (n = 306 respondents) | ||
| Yes | 253 | 82.7 |
| No | 53 | 17.3 |
| Number of children with CLP seen over the course of your career (n = 243 respondents) | ||
| At least 1 | 26 | 10.7 |
| 2–4 | 87 | 35.8 |
| 5–9 | 45 | 18.5 |
| 10–14 | 17 | 7.0 |
| 15–19 | 9 | 3.7 |
| 20–49 | 17 | 7.0 |
| 50–99 | 9 | 3.7 |
| 100–499 | 15 | 6.2 |
| 500+ | 18 | 7.4 |
Note. Total number of survey respondents = 359. ASHA = American Speech-Language-Hearing Association; CLP = cleft lip and palate; SLP = speech-language pathologist.