Tom Hixon was a giant in his chosen field of speech science. That he and his work were respected internationally is news to no one. That he was so closely held, and so revered by his students, is perhaps less well known. When I asked his longtime collaborator and life partner, Jenny Hoit, to oversee and edit this issue of Seminars, I knew that the number of such persons interested in contributing would be great, but well as I knew him, I was not prepared for the diversity of those he influenced, not just in terms of his science, but in its clinical application. In fact, I will keep this editorial short due to the length of the bio-sketches that are included here.
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