Deirdre Michael
Speech-Language Pathologist
5247 DIDESSE DR BATON ROUGE LA, 70808About
Dr. Deirdre Michael is a speech language pathologist practicing in BATON ROUGE, LA. Dr. Michael specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Michael 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. Michael 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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