Speech Pathology & Audiology: Websites

Augmentative and alternative communication (AAC) strategies assist people with severe communication disabilities to participate more fully in their social roles including interpersonal interaction, learning, education, community activities, employment, etc.

Promotes quality hearing and balance care by advancing the profession of audiology through leadership, advocacy, education, public awareness, and support of research.

The American Speech-Language-Hearing Association (ASHA) is the national professional, scientific, and credentialing association for 204,000 members and affiliates who are audiologists; speech-language pathologists; speech, language, and hearing scientists; audiology and speech-language pathology faculty; and students.

ASHAWire provides up-to-date research, discussions, and ideas from ASHA (American Speech-Language-Hearing Association) publications and the communication sciences and disorders community worldwide.

Regularly updated information about federally and privately supported clinical research in human volunteers, classified by subject.

From the American Speech-Language-Hearing Association. Cultural competence involves understanding and appropriately responding to the unique combination of cultural variables and the full range of dimensions of diversity that the professional and client/patient/family bring to interactions.

Resources on hearing, voice, speech, and language, including listings of clinical trials and research opportunities.

Free sample of the Speech Therapy Licensure Exam. There are charges for additional test preparation and full practice exams.

This site provides online forums, an up-to-date job board classified by location and job description and a place to post resumes.,

The Student Academy of Audiology (SAA) is the national student division of the American Academy of Audiology that serves as a collective voice for students and advances the rights, interests, and welfare of students pursuing careers in audiology. The SAA introduces students to lifelong involvement in activities that promote and advance the profession of audiology and that provide services, information, education, representation and advocacy for the profession and for consumers of audiology services.

Resources to help you understand communication and communication disorders.

Links to reliable speech & communication disorders information for the public. Available in Spanish and other languages and at a variety of literacy levels. From the National Library of Medicine (NLM) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Provides scientific reviews, evidence reports, methodology on evidence-based practice.

Key steps in the EBP process, EBP Resources and ASHA/N-CEP Evidence-Based Systematic Reviews.

An Evidence Map is a searchable online tool designed to assist clinicians with making evidence-based decisions. Each Evidence Map highlights the importance of the three components of evidence-based practice—external scientific evidence, clinical expertise, and client perspectives—and provides the latest information related to the assessment, treatment, and service delivery for various communication disorders.

The Campbell Collaboration Education Coordinating Group is an international network of scholars, policymakers, practitioners, funders, students, and others, who are interested in evidence-based practice and systematic reviews within the field of education.
That includes disciplines such as: compulsory school-aged education; special education; adult/professional education; early childhood education; higher education; speech-language pathology; disability; and literacy.

ECRI Guidelines Trust is a publicly available web-based repository of objective, evidence-based clinical practice guideline content. Its purpose is to provide physicians, nurses, other clinical specialties, and members of the healthcare community with up-to-date, clinical practices to advance safe and effective patient care. This centralized repository includes evidence-based guidance developed by nationally- and internationally-recognized medical organizations and medical specialty societies. Formerly National Guidelines Clearinghouse.

Reviews the existing research on different programs, products, practices, and policies in education, providing educators with the information they need to make evidence-based decisions.