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WV

Otolaryngology

Schedule Contents

Reference Works. General Works Diseases. Therapeutics Ear Nose Pharynx. Palate Cleft Abnormalities Larynx. Voice. Speech Ear Nose Larynx

Note that the numbers WV 1-39 are assigned to works on the specialties otology, rhinology, and laryngology when treated individually as well as in combination.

Classify works on otolaryngological nursing and nursing of patients with specific diseases of the ear, nose, or throat in WY 158.5.

Reference Works. General Works

WV 1

Organizations. Societies (General or not elsewhere classified) (Cutter from name of organization or society) (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Includes membership lists and administrative reports issued serially or separately. Classify directories in WV 22. Classify other serials issued by societies in W1. For academies and institutes, see WV 23-24.

WV 5

Collected works by several authors

WV 7

Collected works by individual authors

WV 9

Addresses. Essays. Lectures

WV 11

History (Table-G)

WV 11.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

WV 13

Dictionaries. Encyclopedias
(Monographs and Serials)

WV 15

Classification. Terminology
(Monographs and Serials)

WV 16

Tables. Statistics. Surveys (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WV 16.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WV 17

Atlases. Pictorial works

Classify here also atlases on a specific organ.

WV 18

Education

Classify here works about education.

WV 18.2

Educational materials
(Monographs and Serials)

Classify here educational materials, e.g., outlines, questions and answers, programmed instruction, computer-assisted instruction, etc., regardless of format. Classify textbooks, regardless of format, by subject.

WV 19

Schools, departments, and faculties of otolaryngology (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

Include here works on the history of schools. Classify courses of study, catalogs, etc., in W 19.5.

WV 19.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WV 20

Research (General)

Classify here works about research in general. Classify works about research on a particular subject by subject.

WV 21

Otolaryngology as a profession. Audiology as a profession. Ethics. Peer review

Classify works on the specialty alone here. Classify works on both the specialty and diseases in WV 100.

WV 22

Directories (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WV 22.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WV 23

Collective laboratories, academies, institutes, etc.

WV 24

Individual laboratories, academies, institutes, etc. (Cutter from name of institution)

WV 25

Laboratory manuals. Technique

WV 26

Equipment and supplies

Classify catalogs in W 26.

WV 26.5

Informatics. Electronic data processing. Computers (General)

Classify works on use for special subjects by subject.

WV 27

Collective hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, etc. (Table-G)

WV 27.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)

WV 28

Individual hospitals, clinics, dispensaries, etc. (Cutter from name of hospital) (Table-G)

WV 28.5

Collective museums, exhibitions, etc.

WV 28.6

Individual museums, exhibitions, etc. (Cutter from name of museum, etc.) (Table-G)

WV 32

Laws. Estimation of disability for compensation (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WV 32.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WV 33

Discussion of law (Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WV 33.1

General coverage (Not Table-G)
(Monographs and Serials)

WV 39

Handbooks. Resource guides
(Monographs and Serials)

WV 100

General works

Classify works on specialty and on the specialty and diseases here. Classify works on diseases alone in WV 140.

WV 101

Anatomy. Physiology. Embryology. Abnormalities (General)

Classify works on specific organs with the organ.

Diseases. Therapeutics

WV 140

Otorhinolaryngologic diseases (General)

Classify works on both the specialty and diseases in WV 100.

WV 150

Examination. Diagnosis. Diagnostic methods. Monitoring (General)

WV 168

Otorhinolaryngologic surgical procedures

Classify works on surgery of a particular organ with the organ.

WV 180

Complications of otorhinolaryngologic diseases

WV 190

Otorhinolaryngologic neoplasms (General)

Ear

WV 200

General works

WV 201

Anatomy. Physiology (General)

Classify works on anatomy and physiology of the ear in combination with the nose or throat in WV 101. Classify works on physiology of hearing in WV 268. Classify works on testing of hearing in WV 272.

WV 210

Examination. Diagnosis. Diagnostic methods (General)

WV 215

Ear diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)

Classify diseases of specific parts of the ear with the part.

WV 220

External ear

WV 222

Ear canal. Cerumen

WV 225

Tympanic membrane

WV 230

Middle ear. Petrous bone

WV 232

Otitis media

WV 233

Mastoid

WV 250

Inner ear

WV 255

Vestibular labyrinth

Classify works on motion sickness in QT 162.M6.

WV 257

Vestibular diseases

WV 258

Meniere's disease

WV 265

Otosclerosis

WV 268

Vestibulocochlear physiological phenomena. Hearing

WV 270

Hearing disorders (General)

WV 271

Hearing disorders in children

WV 272

Hearing tests

WV 274

Hearing aids. Cochlear implants. Cochlear implantation

WV 276

Correction of hearing impairment

[WV 280]

[This number not used]

Classify works on mutism associated with deafness in WV 270.

WV 290

Ear neoplasms

Classify works on neoplasms of specific parts of the ear with the part.

Nose

WV 300

General works

Classify works on nasopharyngeal diseases in WV 410.

WV 301

Anatomy. Physiology

WV 302

Olfactory perception. Smell. Olfaction disorders

[WV 310]

[This number not used]

Classify works on the nose in WV 300-WV 301.

WV 312

Nasal surgical procedures

WV 320

Nasal septum

[WV 324]

[This number not used]

Classify nasal fossae, turbinates in WV 300-WV 301.

WV 335

Rhinitis

Cf. WC 510 Common cold.

WV 340

Paranasal sinuses

WV 345

Maxillary

WV 350

Frontal

WV 355

Ethmoid

WV 358

Sphenoid

[WV 400]

[This number not used]

Classify general works on the pharyngeal region in WV 410.

[WV 401]

[This number not used]

Classify works on anatomy and physiology of the pharynx in WV 410.

Pharynx. Palate

WV 410

Pharynx. Palate

Classify works relating to respiration and the pharynx in WF 490.

WV 430

Palatine tonsil. Adenoids

Cleft Abnormalities

WV 440

Cleft lip. Cleft palate

Larynx. Voice. Speech

WV 480

Larynx

Classify works on vocal cords in WV 530. Classify surgery of the larynx in WV 540.

WV 485

Laryngeal diseases (General or not elsewhere classified)

WV 500

Voice. Voice disorders

WV 501

Speech. Speech disorders

Classify here works on speech disorders associated with the larynx and other organs involved with speech; classify works on neurological speech disorders in WL 340.2-340.6; on psychogenic speech disorders in WM 475-475.6.

WV 505

Laryngoscopy

[WV 510]

[This number not used]

Classify works on laryngitis in WV 485.

WV 520

Neoplasms

WV 530

Vocal cords

WV 535

Vocal cord dysfunction. Vocal cord paralysis

WV 540

Surgery of the larynx. Alaryngeal speech

Classify works on artificial larynx here.