
Dr. Leah Bernadette Helou PH.D., CCC-SLP
Speech-Language Pathologist
1400 LOCUST ST PITTSBURGH PA, 15219About
Dr. Leah Helou is a speech language pathologist practicing in PITTSBURGH, PA. Dr. Helou specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Helou 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. Helou 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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Data provided by the National Library of Medicine- Clinical versus laboratory ratings of voice using the CAPE-V.
- Do obesity and weight loss affect vocal function?
- Aerodynamic evaluation of the postthyroidectomy voice.
- Acoustic analyses of thyroidectomy-related changes in vowel phonation.
- Spectral-cepstral estimation of dysphonia severity: external validation.
- Neurogenic Orofacial Weakness and Speech in Adults With Dysarthria.
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