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International Journal of Speech-Language Pathology , 14 (4), 338–350. doi: 10.3109/17549507.2011.650213 Taylor, N. F., Brusco, N. K., Watts, J. J., Shields, N., Peiris, C., Sullivan, N., Kennedy, G., Teo, C. K., Farley, A., Lockwood, K., & Radia-George, C. (2010). A study protocol of a randomised control trial incorporating a health economic analysis to investigate if additional allied health services for rehabilitation reduce length of stay without compromising patient outcomes. BMC Health Services Research , 10 (308). doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-10-308 Emily Davis is speech pathologist and manager of speech pathology, Bathurst Health Service. Jessica Bauer is a speech pathologist working with children and adults. Katrina Rohr is a speech pathologist and primarily works with children in schools.

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