About the 2009 Essential Speech, Language, and Hearing Bookshelf Over 50 new professional level textbooks and monographs are published every year in the field of Speech, Language, and Hearing, with an average price of almost $70. How do you find the time to determine which ones you should add to your bookshelf for your busy Speech, Language, and Hearing practice and research? Let the Essential Speech, Language, and Hearing Bookshelf be your guide. The “must-have” titles on this list were selected by a team made up of clinical experts and medical librarians who are collection development experts in Speech, Language and Hearing. This brand new list represents titles that were available at the time of the selection process in the Spring of 2009. These experts research the literature and have an opportunity to update their selections each year. Whether your interest is in the broad fields of speech-language pathology, audiology, or language and communication disorders, or you have more specific interests in stuttering, cleft lip and palate problems, swallowing management, aphasia, newborn hearing screening, or hearing aid selection, you will find the detailed information provided about the titles selected for the Essential Speech, Language, and Hearing Bookshelf indispensable. New to this Edition – Readers Vote! Let’s hear from you! What Speech, Language, and Hearing books do you consider essential? To select and vote on your picks for must-have titles, register by clicking on the link in the upper right hand corner, then log in and select the Readers Vote! tab in the left hand column. Check back often to see what your colleagues have added and how they’ve voted. Meet The Essential Speech, Language, and Hearing Bookshelf Clinical Experts...
		Adrienne B. Hancock, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Speech and Hearing Sciences Department at George Washington University. She received her BS, MS, and PhD degrees in communication sciences and disorders from Florida State University. Dr. Hancock partners with faculty in ongoing research and cultivates new research projects with staff and students in areas of fluency, foreign accent, prosody, motor learning, autism, and hyperlexia. Her research addresses cognitive linguistic functioning of individuals with neurological impairments, voice disorders, and technology in assessment and treatment. Dr. Hancock has published a book chapter and several peer-reviewed articles, and has presented at state, national, and international meetings.
		Linda Jacobs-Condit, AuD, CCC-A, is coordinator of Audiology Services at the George Washington University Speech & Hearing Center. She supervises graduate student clinicians rotating in the audiology and aural rehabilitation clinics and is a member of the clinic’s marketing committee and of the Department of Speech & Hearing Sciences graduate student admissions committee. Dr. Jacobs-Condit earned her BA in Speech Pathology from Newcomb College, MS in Audiology from Tulane University, and AuD from University of Florida. She has been an ASHA-certified audiologist for 30 years, employed in a variety of clinical settings, including a Veterans Administration Hospital, a large outpatient clinic in New Orleans, a mobile hearing unit in Nova Scotia, an ENT practice in Southern Maryland, and the Washington Hospital Center in DC. She’s also served as a Clinical Audiologist/Supervisor at Gallaudet University and has been a Clinical Audiologist/Supervisor at George Washington since 1987. She has been a member of the Maryland Speech-Language-Hearing Association, and for the past 20 years has been a member of the District of Columbia Speech-Language-Hearing Association. In addition, she was an ASHA Legislative Councilor from 1992-2007 and is now an ASHA Audiology Advisory Councilor for the term 2008-2011. She is also a member of the ASHA Governmental Review & Public Policy Board for the term 2008-2010.