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Shannon Festin
Speech-Language Pathologist
55 AUBURN AVE SIERRA MADRE CA, 91024About
Dr. Shannon Festin is a speech language pathologist practicing in SIERRA MADRE, CA. Dr. Festin specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Festin 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. Festin 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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