*identifying and treating hearing, balance, tinnitus, and other auditory disorders.

*Counsel patients about hearing health and the possible need for treatment/management.

*Assess the candidacy of persons with hearing loss for hearing aids and cochlear implants and provide fitting, programming, and audiologic rehabilitation to ensure the best possible outcomes.

*Supervise and conduct newborn hearing screening programs.

*Evaluate and manage children and adults with central auditory processing disorders.

*Screen speech-language, the use of sign language, and other factors affecting communication function for the purposes of audiologic evaluation and/or initial identification of individuals with other communication disorders.

*Perform otoscopic examination of ear canals and ear drum, and make ear impressions.

*Recommend and provide hearing aid selection, fitting, and programming.

*Experience in prescribing, fitting and programming all hearing aids ( GN ReSound, Phonak , Widex, Starkey , Siemens, Oticon, Bernafone ) both Digital Hearing Aids and AnalogHearing Aids and all the types –

Behind The Ear (BTE)

Reciever in The Ear (RIE)

Custom Hearing Aids ( IIC, CIC, ITC ).

*Recommend and provide audiologic rehabilitation—including speech reading, communication management, language development, and auditory skill development.

*Counsel and educate patients and families/caregivers on the psychosocial adjustments of hearing loss.

*Educate the public on the prevention of hearing loss, tinnitus, and falls.

Internships

Trainee | Department of Speech and Hearing; Dr. M.V. Shetty Hospital | Jun’14 – Aug’15

Audiologist & Speech Therapist | Vikram ENT Hospital, Coimbatore | Nov’14 – Jan’15

Audiologist & Speech Therapist | Lourdes Hospital, Ernakulam | Feb’15 – Mar’15

Knowledge & Skills

Audiology:

Pure Tone and Audiometry (PTA)
Speech Audiometry (SRT) (SDS) (SIS)
Behavioral Observation Audiometry
Visual Reinforcement Audiometry
Special Tests SISI , STAT, TDT
Immittance Audiometry
Otoacoustic Emission (OAE)
Hearing Aid Counselling, Programming and Fitting
Detailed evaluation and diagnosis of auditory disorders
Neonatal Screening
Differential diagnosis of Cochlear and Retrocochlear Pathology, Pseudohypacusis
Experience in prescribing hearing aids (GN ReSound, Phonak, Starkey, Siemens, Oticon, Bernafone) both Digital Hearing Aids and Analog Hearing Aids
Behind The Ear (BTE)
Receiver in The Ear (RIE)
Custom Hearing Aids (IIC, CIC, ITC)
Programming all the Digital Hearing Aids

Speech Language Pathology:
Experience in diagnosing and rehabilitation of different clinical population
Adult neuro-communication disorders (Aphasia)
Voice disorders
Fluency disorders
Mental Retardation, Autism spectrum disorders, Cerebral Palsy, Downs Syndrome
Hearing loss
Learning disabilities
Child language disorders
Phonological disorders

Instruments Handled

Audiometer
GSI 61, Elkon eda 3N3 Plus
Tympanometer
GSI Tympstar, Otometrics-Clarinet
Inventis, MAICO
Brain Stem Evoked Audiometry (BSERA)
GSI Audera
ASSR
GSI Audera
Otoacoustic Emission (OAE)
GSI Audera, Otometrics, Otoport (Otodynamics)

Personal Details
Date of Birth: 25th Jun 1992 | Languages: English, Malayalam, Kannada, Arabic & Hindi