Dictionaries, Encyclopedias, etc.
The following dictionaries are specialized for the areas of speech pathology and audiology. In addition to defining specialized terms in these fields, most of them include illustrations, charts of normal language development, listing of assessment instruments, bibliographies, lists of abbreviations and what they stand for, lists of relevant organizations with addresses (including email) and telephone numbers (including fax), and other unique features.
Speech Pathology
ref RC423.M56 2004
The MIT Encyclopedia of Communication Disorders. Cambridge: MIT Press, 2004.
ref RC423.M597 1997 (on order)
Dictionary of Communication Disorders. 4th. ed. Philadelphia: Whurr, 2005..
ref RC423. N52 2004
Terminology of Communication Disorders: Speech-Language-Hearing. 5th ed. Philadelphia: Lippincott Williams & Wilkins, 2004.
ref RC423.S533 2000
Singular’s Illustrated Dictionary of Speech-Language Pathology. San Diego: Singular,
2000.
Concise Encyclopedia of Language Pathology. New York: Elsevier, 1999.
Available online with a print copy in Book Stacks [RC423.C656 1999 ], about half the essays/chapters in the book are updated from the 10-volume Encyclopedia of Language and Linguistics (1994).
Audiology
ref RF290.M464 1999
Singular’s Illustrated Dictionary of Audiology. San Diego: Singular, 1999.
ref RF290.T93 2004
The Encyclopedia of Deafness and Hearing Disorders. 2d ed. updated. Facts of File,
2004.
ref RF291.S73
Comprehensive Dictionary of Audiology Illustrated. 2d. ed. Clifton Park:
Thomson/Delmar Learning, 2003.
