
Mrs. Emily Catherine Defazio SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
457 INDIANA AVE OLEAN NY, 14760About
Dr. Emily Defazio is a speech language pathologist practicing in OLEAN, NY. Dr. Defazio specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Defazio 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. Defazio 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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- American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
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