Sharla Pennington
Speech-Language Pathologist
3970 LOCUST GROVE RD COLUMBIA PA, 17512About
Dr. Sharla Pennington is a speech language pathologist practicing in COLUMBIA, PA. Dr. Pennington specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Pennington 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. Pennington 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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