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This study sought to explore a regional community\u2019s awareness of speech pathology as the impetus for considering future directions pertaining to awareness and understanding of the scope of practice of this profession.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Design<\/jats:title><jats:p>An anonymous online survey was created using questions from previously validated surveys on this topic, and then distributed via snowball sampling using social media.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Setting<\/jats:title><jats:p>Data are from residents of the Central Queensland community in Australia.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Participants<\/jats:title><jats:p>Two hundred and seven adults who live in Central Queensland completed the survey.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Main outcome measures<\/jats:title><jats:p>Comparisons were drawn between the responses from this survey to those from earlier studies.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>The majority of respondents had heard of speech pathology mostly due to personal contact, but they indicated that they did not know \u2018a lot\u2019 about speech pathology. Knowledgeable individuals had higher levels of education and were better able to identify speech pathologists\u2019 scope of practice. Personal contact with a speech pathologist also significantly contributed to self\u2010rated knowledge and accurate identification of scope of practice of speech pathologists.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusion<\/jats:title><jats:p>While regional Central Queensland community members have heard of speech pathology, their self\u2010reported knowledge of the profession continues to be low. 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