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April Franck
Speech-Language Pathologist
2901 FALK RD VANCOUVER WA, 98661About
Dr. April Franck is a speech language pathologist practicing in VANCOUVER, WA. Dr. Franck specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Franck 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. Franck 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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