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Helen Smith is manager, Speech Pathology Department, The Queen
Elizabeth Hospital (CALHN) and has been a member of the Speech
Pathology Australia Ethics Board since 2008. Dr Belinda Kenny
is a Research Fellow, the University of Sydney, and has been a
member of the Speech Pathology Australia Ethics Board since 2010.
Correspondence to:
Helen Smith
Manager, Speech Pathology Department
The Queen Elizabeth Hospital
28 Woodville Rd, Woodville South SA
phone: (08) 8222 7618
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