Helpful Resources

Information for clients, patients, and families in our communities.

Audiology Links:

Audiology links from CASLPA site: http://www.caslpa.ca/english/profession/conn6.asp

Auditory Rehabilitation links from CASLPA site: http://www.caslpa.ca/english/profession/rehab.asp

Canadian Academy of Audiology: http://www.canadianaudiology.ca

American Academy of Audiology: http://www.audiology.org/

Tinnitus Association of Canada: http://www.kadis.com/ta/tinnitus.htm

Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing: http://www.agbell.org/DesktopDefault.aspx

Speech Language Pathology Links:

Register with Autism Speaks to learn more about the features of Autism Spectrum Disorders through hundreds of video clips http://www.autismspeaks.org/video/glossary.php Free software package designed specifically for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorders
http://www.zacbrowser.com/

Dysphagia:
Information and Facts about Swallowing Disorders (Dysphagia) http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/health/voice/dysph.html

Fluency:
Canadian Stuttering Association http://www.stutter.ca/

Stuttering Fact Sheet www.speechandhearing.ca/files/stuttering.pdf

Hearing Impairment:A free online video dictionary of thousands of words in American Sign Language http://www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/aslpro.cgi

Nova Scotia Cochlear Implant Program http://www.nshsc.ns.ca/cip.html

CASPLA – Position Paper on Cochlear Implants in Children 2006 www.caslpa.ca/PDF/position%20papers/Cochlear_implants_%20in_children_Oct_2006.pdf

Canadian Association of the Deaf http://www.cad.ca/

Laryngectomy:

Provides information on larynx cancer treatments, surgery, recovery, and what life is like after laryngectomy surgery. http://www.webwhispers.org/

Nova Scotia Department of Health:http://www.gov.ns.ca/heal/default.htm

Speech and Language:

A compilation of other websites which provide materials and activities for speech/language therapy, organized by disorder area (e.g., stuttering, apraxia, swallowing, speech sound disorders); it also highlights interactive websites, bulletin boards, and commercial sites. http://www.mnsu.edu/comdis/kuster2/sptherapy.html

Created by an Australian Speech-Language Pathologist, and includes links, FAQ’s, discussion groups, and articles on diverse topics, (e.g., speech-language development milestones, phonological disorders, tongue-tie, and word-retrieval difficulties), mostly written for the general public. http://members.tripod.com/%7ECaroline_Bowen/home.html

A ‘fact sheet’ titled “Info. about Speech and Language Disorders”, produced by the National Information Centre for Children and Youth with Disabilities (US); it includes definitions, characteristics, educational implications and links. http://www.kidsource.com/NICHCY/speech.html

“Speechville Express” – a website whose “aim is to provide you with knowledge about available resources to help your child, or a child you care about who has a communication impairment or disorder.”  It offers answers to questions, both general and about specific disorders, as well as discussion groups and an online store.  (American site with some Canadian information) http://www.speechville.com

University of Victoria website, describing “an ongoing program of community-university research contributing to knowledge about conditions affecting the health and development of indigenous children in Canada and around the world”; includes some projects in the areas of language development and facilitation with First Nations children http://www.ecdip.org/index.htm

Website for The Hanen Centre, a non-profit organization based in Toronto; Hanen trains Speech-Language Pathologists to run several different parent/caregiver programs for families of children with speech-language delays; also offers “Helpful Hints for Parents” www.hanen.org

A free online video dictionary of thousands of words in American Sign Language http://www.aslpro.com/cgi-bin/aslpro/aslpro.cgi

A commercial website offering products and classes to help parents teach sign language to their young children www.babysigns.ca

A website designed as a resource for phonological awareness for parents, teachers, and speech pathologists; includes development charts, descriptions, and activities for various skills, (e.g., rhyme awareness, segmenting, blending) http://phonologicalawareness.org/