
Mrs. Shannon Leilani Farho MA
Speech-Language Pathologist
LSU COMD DEPARTMENT BATON ROUGE LA, 70803About
Dr. Shannon Farho is a speech language pathologist practicing in BATON ROUGE, LA. Dr. Farho specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Farho 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. Farho 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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