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Speech pathology is a new area in Viet Nam. We are the
Vietnamese pioneering speech therapists and we are proud
of it.
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1 Speech therapy is the preferred term in Viet Nam.
Dr Lindy McAllister is a director of the Trinh Foundation Australia
and is professor and Associate Dean of Work Integrated Learning,
Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Australia. Sue
Woodward is a director of the Trinh Foundation Australia and is a
speech pathologist in private practice in Gosford, NSW. Marie
Atherton is a lecturer at the Australian Catholic University, Melbourne,
and was an Australian Volunteers International volunteer and
speech therapy course director at Pham Ngoc Thach University of
Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam. Professor Nguyen Thi
Ngoc Dung is director of the ENT Hospital and Rector of Pham
Ngoc Thach University of Medicine, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
Claude Potvin is the country manager – Viet Nam of Australian
Volunteers International. Dr Huynh Bich Thao is a medical doctor
and speech therapist in the Physiotherapy and Rehabilitation
Department of Cho Ray Hospital, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
Le Thi Thanh Xuan is a speech therapist at the Hospital for
Orthopaedics and Rehabilitation, Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
Le Khanh Dien is the chief physiotherapist of the Physiotherapy
Department, and head of Speech Therapy Unit at An Binh Hospital,
Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam.
Correspondence to:
Professor Lindy McAllister, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean of Work Integrated Learning
Faculty of Health Sciences
The University of Sydney, NSW 2006
phone: +61 (0)2 93151 9026
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