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Dr Tami Howe is a lecturer at the University of Canterbury.
Annette Rotherham works as a speech-language therapist
and is currently completing a Master’s Degree. Gina Tillard is
the clinic director and Christine Wyles is a clinical educator in
the Department of Communication Disorders at the University of
Canterbury.
Correspondence to:
Dr Tami Howe
Department of Communication Disorders, University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800, Christchurch, New Zealand, 8140
phone: +64 3 364 6989
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