Vicky Poston Roy PHD
Speech-Language Pathologist
9270 SIEGEN LN BLDG 803 BATON ROUGE LA, 70810About
Dr. Vicky Roy is a speech language pathologist practicing in BATON ROUGE, LA. Dr. Roy specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Roy 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. Roy 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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