Communication Sciences and Disorders: Web Sites

American Academy of Audiology (www.audiology.org)
• Conventions
• Professional resources
• News
• Student research resources
• Scope of Practice document
• Career information

American Speech-Language-Hearing Association – ASHA. (www.asha.org)
• Information for professionals, PAS students, and the public
• Conference Information
• Ongoing peer review opportunities for position statements, technical reports, etc
• New of interest to the PAS community
• Updates on legislative action
• Professional resources
• Grants and funding sources
• Provides an oline desk reference. This reference mirror the print version of the four volume desk reference
       Volume 1
             Cardinal documents of the Association
       Volume 2
              Audiology
       Volume 3
              Speech-Language pathology
       Volume 4
              Audiology and Speech-Language pathology
• Information on financial aid, the Praxis exam, and careers in Audiology and Speech-pathology

American Tinnitus Association (www.ata.org)
• Research projects and grants
• Product catalog
• Online courses offering CEU’s or CME’s

Audiology Forum: Video Otoscopy. (www.rcsullivan.com/www/ears.htm)
• An atlas of clinical video otoscopy images categorically arranged by site of lesion and pathology

Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) Connecting Young Kids (YAACK).
(http://aac.unl.edu/yaack/toc.html)
• AAC devices and systems and specific products
• Tips on advancing communicative competence
• Teaching AAC-related skills including specific techniques
• Information on specific disabilities related to communication disorders

CIAI: Cochlear Implant Association, Inc. (www.cici.org)
• Information on conferences
• News

Communication Disorders. The Curry School of Education at the University of Virginia
(http://curry.edschool.virginia.edu/sped/projects/ose/categories/cd.html)
• Defines communication disorders
• Communication disorder organizations and support groups
• Lists general resources on communication disorders
• Links to communication disorder homepages from colleges and universities

Department of Speech Pathology and Audiology. Illinois State University.
(http://www.csd.ilstu.edu/)
• Admission, program, financial aid and faculty information
• Description of the Eckelmann-Taylor Speech and Hearing Clinic

Educational Audiology Association. (www.edaud.org)
• Professional materials, publications and continuing education opportunities
• Position statements
• Full text references for members of EAA

National Institute on Deafness and the Communication Disorders. (www.nidcd.nih.gov)
• Research projects and funding opportunities for research
• News and calendar of events
• Health information including descriptions of syndromes related to communication disorders
• Free publications – some available full text from the site

Research and Training Center for Hearing and Balance. Johns Hopkins School of Medicine.
(www.bme.jhu.edu/labs/chb/index.html
• Clinical topics and training opportunities

VEDA: The Vestibular Disorders Association. (www.vestibular.org)
• Overview of inner ear balance impairments
• Identifies and decribes vestibular disorders
• Lists books, videos, and other publications. Some publications available in full text
• Conferences and workshops for professionals specializing in vestibular disorders