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Aug 2023
27m 22s

Transforming lives through speech therap...

Bbc World Service
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It's been said that the Covid-19 lockdown had a devastating impact on children's speech development. But it also affected the support that older patients can get for their speech and swallowing problems. Beatriz de la Pava talks to speech therapists from Greece and South Africa about the work they do. Emilia Michou is a speech and language therapist from Gr ... Show More
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