A speech language pathologist is someone who diagnosis and remediates speech and language disorders. They typically work in schools, hospitals, outpatient clinics and long term care facilities. In order to become a speech language pathologist, an individual needs to have both a bachelors and a masters degree and meet the requirements for the clinical certificate of competency from the American Speech Language and Hearing Association. \\ Answer \\. \\A speech pathologist is someone who studies speech disorders..