DEPARTMENT & SERVICES

The Speech Department offers undergraduate degrees and Graduate degrees in speech education, education of the speech and hearing and the hearing handicapped, speech-language pathology, and audiology.

LANGUAGES

Predominantly English. Faculty requests for materials in other languages will be treated as any other request for materials.

GEOGRAPHIC AREA

The majority of the material ordered deals with American usage or British models. The collection also includes resources on regional dialects in the United States.

CHRONOLOGICAL LIMITS

The emphasis is current. (Past 5 years)

FORMATS COLLECTED

Audiovisual, books, periodicals, and pamphlets.

SUBJECTS COLLECTED/LEVEL
What subjects should be emphasized or covered at higher levels?

language development and literacy
assistive technology and augmentative communication
autism spectrum disorders
collaborative service delivery models in communication disorders
phonemic awareness and reading
dysphagia and feeding disorders
early intervention
Otoacoustic emissions
Newborn hearing screenings
Cochlear implants
Digital hearing aids
Speech Arts
(Scholarly books and texts on interpersonal and intercultural communication, including. marital communication, among friends, gender-related issues, communication in the workplace, communication among people of different ethnic backgrounds, religions etc.)

What subjects should be only minimally covered or not purchased at all?

No books with monologues or speeches.

HIGHEST % OF STUDENTS IN DEPARTMENT

1. Speech pathology
2. Audiology
3. Rhetoric

SELECTION ACTIVITY

Primarily done by bibliographer.

ORDERING TOOLS

Choice and Booklist. Journal reviews in Ear & Hearing, Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, American Review of China Studies, Journal of Speech, Hearing and Language Research. Publisher catalogs from Thieme, Singular, Elsevier, Lawrence Erlbaum, Allyn & Bacon, and Lippincott Williams & Wilkins.