Mexico

Professional state
Phoniatrics is an official part of the Human Communication Medicine speciality.
There are 2 official institutions where this speciality can be studied:
since 1972 National Institute of Human Comunication and since 1983 General Hospital.
Human Communication Medicine speciality has the recognition of the National University of Mexico, since 1993 as a post medical speciality.

There are several Phoniatrics departments in Children Hospital and in National Institute for Pediatrics and also in some other cities, but the necessity is not yet completed.

There are approximately 227 medical doctors as Human Communication specialists (Audiology, Otoneurology and Phoniatrics) working all over the country and from these about 8 are working only in Phoniatrics.