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Vol.8 No 3 | 2013 contents Revue canadienne d’audition _______________________ Vol. 8 No 3 • 2013 Official publication of the Canadian Academy of Audiology Publication officielle de l’académie canadienne d’audiologie www.canadianaudiology.ca E DITOR- IN-CHIEF / É DITEUR EN CHEF Marshall Chasin, AuD., MSc, Reg. CASLPO, Director of Research, Musicians’ Clinics of Canada A S SOCIATE E D I TORS / ÉD I T E U RS ADJO I N T S Steve Aiken, PhD, Dalhousie University Alberto Behar, PEng, Ryerson University Leonard Cornelisse, MSc, Unitron Hearing Joanne DeLuzio, PhD, University of Toronto Lendra Friesen, PhD, Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre Gael Hannan, Hearing Loss Advocate Bill Hodgetts, PhD, University of Alberta Lorienne Jenstad, PhD, University of British Columbia André Marcoux, PhD, University of Ottawa Sheila Moodie, PhD, University of Western Ontario Calvin Staples, MSc, Conestoga College Kim L. 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