
Elizabeth Henderson
Speech-Language Pathologist
4720 ROUGE CT ALEXANDRIA VA, 22312About
Dr. Elizabeth Henderson is a speech language pathologist practicing in ALEXANDRIA, VA. Dr. Henderson specializes in speech, language and swallowing disorders in patients. As a speech language pathologist, Dr. Henderson 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. Henderson 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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