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Nov 03, 2014 firefighters, the unheralded heroes of our time. Commercial fireground tactics require preplanning firerescue1. Commercial buildings are overengineered for fire protection, leading to billions of dollars in waste with little benefit to occupant safety. This cursory look at the fields of speechlanguage pathology and audiology covers the key points of several domains that a professional in this field might encounter in later academic programs and then a career.
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