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Phoniatric provision and training: current European perspectives

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  08 December 2006

J S Rubin
Affiliation:
Royal National Throat, Nose and Ear Hospital, London, UK
J Wendler
Affiliation:
Abt. Phoniatrie und Pädaudiologie, Klinik für HNO–Heilkunde, Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Campus Charité Mitte, Berlin, Germany
V Woisard
Affiliation:
Unité de la voix et de la déglutition, Service d'otorhinolaryngologie et de chirurgie cervico-faciale Hôpital Larrey, CHU Rangueil Toulouse, Toulouse, France
P H Dejonckere
Affiliation:
Institute of Phoniatrics, Utrecht University Hospital, The Netherlands
W Wellens
Affiliation:
Katholicke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium
N Kotby
Affiliation:
The Unit of Phoniatrics, Department of ORL, Faculty of Medicine, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt

Abstract

Communication disorders represent a major and growing problem worldwide. In Europe, the specialty of phoniatrics has developed partly in response to this important issue. This article reviews training and workforce issues in phoniatrics and raises key questions and issues that need resolution in the future.

Type
Main Articles
Copyright
2006 JLO (1984) Limited

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