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72 ACQ Volume 13, Number 2 2011 ACQuiring Knowledge in Speech, Language and Hearing
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Cristina Mei is completing her PhD at the Murdoch Childrens
Research Institute through the University of Melbourne. Angela
Morgan, PhD, is a senior research fellow at the Murdoch Childrens
Research Institute and a senior speech pathologist at the Royal
Children’s Hospital. She is also an adjunct lecturer at the University of
Melbourne. Sheena Reilly, PhD, is a professor and director of
speech pathology at the Royal Children’s Hospital, and professor of
paediatric speech pathology, Department of Paediatrics, University of
Melbourne. She is also the director of the Healthy Development
Theme at the Murdoch Childrens Research Institute.
Correspondence to:
Cristina Mei, PhD scholar
Murdoch Childrens Research Institute
50 Flemington Road, Parkville 3052
Melbourne, Australia
phone: (03) 9345 5521
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