
Kearston Healey
Speech-Language Pathologist
705 NANDY DR KINGSTON PA, 18704About
Dr. Kearston Healey is a speech language pathologist practicing in KINGSTON, PA. Dr. Healey specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Healey 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. Healey 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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