![Carla Alvarez standing in front of a wall of international flags on Adelphi University's campus.](https://www.adelphi.edu/wp-content/uploads/2023/01/Featureweb_CarlaAlvarez-300x225.jpg)
Language is an essential tool for connecting with others. As the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) states, effective communication is a human right that should be accessible to all. It is a right that speech-language pathologists and audiologists help people with language disorders exercise.