Sarah Wotherspoon Taggart
Speech-Language Pathologist
6506 LOISDALE RD SPRINGFIELD VA, 22150About
Dr. Sarah Taggart is a speech language pathologist practicing in SPRINGFIELD, VA. Dr. Taggart specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Taggart 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. Taggart 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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