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26 JCPSLP Volume 19, Number 1 2017 Journal of Clinical Practice in Speech-Language Pathology
Laura Graham is employed as a research assistant with Hunter
New England Local Health District (NSW, Australia) and also works
as a casual speech pathologist with Kaleidoscope Community
Based Speech Pathology. Dr Nicole Byrne is a lecturer in speech
pathology at the University of Newcastle.
Correspondence to:
Laura Graham
Hunter New England Local Health District
phone: 0432 549 389
email:
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Laura Graham was the recipient of a Hunter New England
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enabled this pilot project to be undertaken.