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Angelica Contreras D.O.
Speech-Language Pathologist
2222 ROSEWOOD AVE AUSTIN TX, 78702About
Dr. Angelica Contreras is a speech language pathologist practicing in AUSTIN, TX. Dr. Contreras specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Contreras 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. Contreras 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.
Education and Training
University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Texas College of Osteopathic Medicine 2008
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Expert Publications
Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Early childhood stuttering III: initial status of expressive language abilities.
- Assessing children's vocabulary skills: from word knowledge to word-learning potential.
- Verb particle and preposition acquisition in language-impaired preschoolers.
- Adult partner-augmented communication input to youth with mental retardation using the System for Augmenting Language (SAL).
- Language production abilities of children whose stuttering persisted or recovered.
Treatments
- Diabetes
- High Cholesterol
- Type 2 Diabetes
- Pain
- Vascular Disease
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