Mrs. Karen Denise Housewright SPEECH THERAPIST
Speech-Language Pathologist
12415 SCHLAYER AVE BATON ROUGE LA, 70816About
Dr. Karen Housewright is a speech language pathologist practicing in BATON ROUGE, LA. Dr. Housewright specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Housewright 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. Housewright 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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