Serving Linguistically and Culturally Diverse Adults with Communication Disorders: Multidisciplinary Perspectives and Evidence

Semin Speech Lang 2009; 30(3): 137-138
DOI: 10.1055/s-0029-1225950

PREFACE

José G. Centeno¹ , Kathryn Kohnert²

¹Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders, St. John's University, Queens, New York
²Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, Minnesota

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