Issues in Family-Centered Pediatric Audiology: An Overview

Semin Hear 2004; 25(4): 291-293
DOI: 10.1055/s-2004-836131

INTRODUCTION

John P. Preece¹ Guest Editor

¹Professor and Director of Audiology, Department of Communicative Disorders, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, Rhode Island

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