Miss Christine Northington MA
Speech-Language Pathologist
2100 E MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD AUSTIN TX, 78702About
Dr. Christine Northington is a speech language pathologist practicing in AUSTIN, TX. Dr. Northington specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Northington 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. Northington 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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