Kelly Sappington
Speech-Language Pathologist
8229 BERRYFIELD DR NOTTINGHAM MD, 21236About
Dr. Kelly Sappington is a speech language pathologist practicing in NOTTINGHAM, MD. Dr. Sappington specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Sappington 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. Sappington 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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