Lauren Parrish
Speech-Language Pathologist
998 PLATTE FALLS RD PLATTE CITY MO, 64079About
Dr. Lauren Parrish is a speech language pathologist practicing in PLATTE CITY, MO. Dr. Parrish specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Parrish evaluates, diagnoses and treats patients with communication and swallowing troubles. These conditions may be due to developmental delay, brain injury, hearing loss, autism, stroke or other diseases and injuries. Dr. Parrish helps patients make sounds and improve their voices through various methods. Speech language pathologists also work with patients to strengthen muscles used to speak and swallow, and work with individuals and families to help cope with their conditions.
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