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If you want a quick Internet tour of the professions of communication disorders around the world, the following opinionated list may provide a good place to start.
American Academy of Audiology (AAA)
www.audiology.org
An excellent website with good information about audiology from an international perspective.
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association
www.asha.org/
Website of the world's largest national association of communication disorders; the site has excellent resources both on the professions in the United States and on international topics.
Asia Pacific Society for the Study of Speech, Language and Hearing
www.shrs.uq.edu.au/asiapacific
The newest international association focusing on communication disorders; its focus is the Asia Pacific Rim, a vast region containing equally vast disparities in health care and education.
Conselho Regional de Fonoaudiologia (Regional Council of Phonoaudiology)
www.cefac.br
A very complete website focusing on Brazil, the country with the world's second largest number of student education programs in communication disorders. Mos of the website is in Portugeuse, though sectcions are also in English.
Caroline Bowen's Website
http://members.tripod.com/Caroline_Bowen/slpworld.htm
A wonderful international website; the listserv is the best place on the Internet to discuss phonological disorders from an international perspective.
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
http://www.cdc.gov/travel/
If you plan to travel internationally, especially in areas where health risks exist, this is the site to visit.
Comité Permanent de Liaison des Orthophonistes / Logopedes de l'Union Européenne (CPLOL) (Speech and Language Therapy in European countries)
www.cplol.org/default_.htm
This is the best Internet resource for information on the professions in Europe.
Humanitarian Audiology
http://www.isa-audiology.org/human.html
A website for audiologists, mostly American based, dedicated to improving the care of hearing disorders worldwide.
Indo-International Society of Communication and Hearing Sciences
www.iischs.com
A great site filled with useful information about the professions in India. A new feature of the site is an electronic journal.
The International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)
http://www.ialp.info/
This is the website of the oldest international association focusing on communication disorders.
Malaysian Association of Speech-Language and Hearing (MASH)
www.mash.org.my/
This is a great website to find out what's going on in Malaysia, a country with an extremely dedicated community of speech-language pathologists and audiologists.
New Zealand Speech-Language Therapists Association (NZSTA)
www.nzsta-speech.org.nz
This is a well-organized, user friendly site that offers an excellent perspective on the professions in New Zealand.
Speech Language Hearing Association, Singapore (SHAS)
www.shas.org.sg/
Singapore has a small professional association, but makes up for smallness of numbers with extra energy and intelligence. The website is an excellent place to learn more about the professions in an exciting part of the world.
South African Speech Language Hearing Association (SASLHA)
www.saslha.co.za
This is the website of the best established professional association in sub-Saharan Africa. Increasingly, South Africa is where African students go for training in communication disorders. If the field of communication disorders has a hub in sub-Saharan Africa, it lies in South Africa.
United States Central Intelligence Agency
https://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/factbook/index.html
This website contains brief, very useful profiles of individual countries.
World Health Organization
www.who.int/en
Website of the premiere international health care organization; the site is not always easy to navigate, but the information it contains is worth the time and effort.
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