Newsletter
Estd. 1977
Vol.8 • No.2 April 2017
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Chairman Speaks Dear friends, Hope the New Year 2017 has ushered in lot of activities to all!!! Number of interesting activities and developments have taken place at the Institute. The Honourable Chief Minister Shri Siddaramaiah appreciated the Mobile Speech and Hearing Clinic (Accessible Bus) on 14th January 2017. Prof. Lirong Lilly Cheng, President of the World Body of Speech and Hearing Association and Chair of the Education Committee for the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics and current President of IALP visited the Institute and nominated the Institute to become the first affiliate society of IALP from India. During this period, we also have the pride of Dr. Madhuri Gore, our principal to have sworn in as the President of the Indian Speech and Hearing Association. Prof. B.S. Premalatha, HOD, Speech Language Studies, delivered Ratna Oration at the 49th Conference of the ISHA held in Kolkata in January 2017. The activities of the Institute has been recognized by National Program for Prevention and Control of Deafness (NPPCD) on World Hearing Day Celebration organized by Govt. of Karnataka on 3rd March 2017. The Advisory Board of the Institute met under the Chairmanship of Shri D.H. Shankaramurthy, Chairman, Legislative Council, Govt. of Karnataka has recommended a number of developmental actions. I am proud to inform that our Institute has been recognised by UGC, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India under Section 2 (f ) & 12 (B) of the UGC Act, 1956 as un-aided/self financed college permanently affiliated to Bangalore University. We are overwhelmed with achievements as well as activities with all your support. Ever grateful to your patronage.
A world without activity limitation for persons with communication disorders.
Mission
• Develop need felt world class human resources • Research that ensures human rights • Develop clinical services that promote equal opportunities at affordable cost • Develop cutting edge science and technology to achieve our vision • Initiate preventive and pre-emptive action to avoid conditions leading to disabilities • Develop programmes in a whole life perspective and reduce the burden of family members of people with communication disorders • Create and provide infrastructure, laboratory, library and related facilities as stipulated by University and statutory bodies
Dr. M.S. Venkatesh
Chairman Bangalore Speech and Hearing Trust •Cell: 99001 07073
Index
Membership Letter of International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)...............................................04 Events and Celebrations....................................................................06 Awards and Accolades.......................................................................06 Professional Development................................................................07 Talks/Training at the Institute.........................................................08 Talks Delivered & Papers Presented by Faculty..........................08 Mobile Clinic and Outreach Unit...................................................10
Women’s Day.......................................................................................16 Quote of the Quarter.........................................................................17 International Day of Forests.............................................................17 Students Association of Speech & Hearing (SASH) Report....18 Technical Articles...............................................................................20 Clinical Services Rendered...............................................................28 News Clippings...................................................................................30 Media Coverage..................................................................................31
Mobile Clinic and Outreach Unit...................................................11
From Visitors Book............................................................................32
Sunaad School for the Hearing Impaired.....................................13
Visitors to the Institute......................................................................32
Sign Language Unit............................................................................15
Honouring the Dignitaries...............................................................33
Mothers’ Training Center.................................................................16
Facilities Available at the Institute..................................................34
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Bangalore Speech & Hearing Trust The meeting of Bangalore Speech and Hearing Trust was held on 24th March 2017 and Advisory Board Meeting held on 17th February 2017. Issues related to developmental activities, allocation of funds and grants for various activities and academic achievements of the institute were discussed.
Gratitude & Acknowledgement Our sincere thanks to: • Prof. R. Rangasayee, Director (Technical)
• Dr. Madhuri Gore,
Deputy Director (Technical) & Principal
• Dr. Rashmi J. Bhat
Vice Principal & HOD Dept. of Hearing Studies
• Dr. B.S. Premalatha,
HOD, Dept. of Speech Language Studies
• Ms. Roxanne Briggs,
Clinical Supervisor, Dept. of Speech Language Studies
• Dr. Anita Reddy,
Associate Professor Dept. of Speech Language Studies
• Ms. Megha Sasidharan,
Lecturer, Dept. of Hearing Studies
• Ms. Manu G.C. • Ms. Vaishnavi Ramadas • Mr. A. Mohankumar • Mr. C.S. Jayaram • Dept. for the Empowerment of Differently Abled & Senior Citizens, Govt. of Karnataka • All Lions & Rotarians for their help • Donors & well wishers • Team CanvasX for design • Omkar Offset Printers for the timely publication of this newsletter
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For the Weaker Sections
Founder
Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar (1930 - 2013) Rtn. Dr. M.S. Venkatesh CA.D.L. Suresh Babu Lion. V.S. Shanthavadhan Rtn. M.K. Dattaraj Dr. Prathibha Karanth Lion. S. Ramachandran Lion. Venkatakrishna Reddy Lion. V.K. Shanmugavel
Board of Trustees Chairman Secretary Treasurer Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee
Mr. C.R. Jayachandra Setty Lion. Shrinivassan Mr. Vijay Ramaprasad Lion. Kiran Kumar Lion. P. Pramod Kumar Lion. Ashwathanarayana Swamy Lion. Dr. Krishna T.V. Reddy
Governing Council Members
Dr. Sister M. Genevieve Chair Person Dr. Prathibha Karanth Ex Officio Member Rtn. Dr. M.S. Venkatesh Ex Officio Member CA D.L. Suresh Babu Ex Officio Member Lion. V.S. Shanthavadhan Ex Officio Member Dr. Madhuri Gore Member Dr. Rashmi J. Bhat Member Dr. B.S. Premalatha Member Prof. R. Rangasayee Member
Chairman Sri D.H. Shankaramurthy
Dr. P.S. Maiya Dr. Shobha Srinath Dr. M.S. Mahadevaiah Mrs. Nafis Fathima Member of Syndicate, BU Dr. Lalitha Ashwath Prof. Dept. of Library & Information Science
Member Subject Expert & Member Subject Expert & Member University Member University Member
Advisory Board
Hon’ble Chairman Karnataka Legislative Council, GOK
Members Sri K. Jairaj, IAS
Trustee, BMS Educational Trust, Bangalore
Sri B.G. Nanda Kumar, IAS Ex-Commissioner, Collegiate Education, GOK Sri Gopal Hosur, IPS Ex-IGP & Addl Comdt Genl Home Guards Addl Director Civil Defence, GOK
Rtn. Suresh Bhat
Past Dist. Secretary, RI Dist. 3190
Sri Suresh S. Pathi
CEO/Partner, Pathi Saree Mandir
Sri P.S. Venkatesh Babu
CEO, Omkar Offset Printers
Sri M.C. Ramesh
Founder & General Secretary, Vidyaranya Education Society, Bangalore
Dr. H.C. Ramesh
Ex-Director - Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Karnataka
Mr. M.V. Veda Murthy, IAS
CA K. Raghu
Rtn. Manandi N. Suresh
Prof. R. Rangasayee Director (Technical), Dr. SRCISH
Ex-Commissioner, Hindu Religious Institution & Charitable Endowments, GOK Past Dist. Governor, RI Dist. 3190
Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee
Past President - The Institute of Chartered Accounts of India
Dr. S. R. Chandrasekhar Fellow
Bangalore Speech and Hearing Trust is pleased to announce that ISHA has instituted “Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar Travel Fellowship” through a Corpus Fund of Rs.10 lakhs donated by the Trust. The recipient of this prestigious Fellowship is Prof. Lirong Lilly Cheng, President of the World Body of Speech and Hearing Association and Chair of the Education Committee for the International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics and current President of IALP. She was honoured on 9th Januray 2017 by Rtn. M.S. Venkatesh, Chairman of the Trust, during her visit to Dr. S. R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech & Hearing.
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Membership Letter of International Association of Logopedics and Phoniatrics (IALP)
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UGC Recognition Dr. S. R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing has been Recognised by University Grants Commission, Ministry of HRD, Govt. of India, New Delhi under Section 2 (f) & 12 (B) of the UGC Act, 1956 as un-aided/self financed college permanently affiliated to Bangalore University.
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Events and Celebrations As part of Makara Sankranthi celebrations, on the 12th of January, 2017, mothers in the Mothers’ Training Centre prepared Pongal and Ellubella, and the children with hearing impairment were given an explanation on the significance of Sankranthi, the change in direction of the sun and rituals associated with the festival. On the 13th of January 2017, Sankranthi was celebrated in Sunaad School. The students were given an explanation on the importance of the harvest festival. Ellubella was prepared and distributed to all.
Awards and Accolades
Dr. Madhuri Gore, Principal, was sworn in as President of Indian Speech and Hearing Association (ISHA) at the 49th ISHA Conference at Kolkata in January, 2017. Dr. B.S. Premalatha, Head of Department of Speech and Language Studies, delivered the highly prestigious Dr. Ratna Oration and was awarded the Dr. Ratna Oration award 2016.
Dr. Krishna Y., Secretary of ISHA, Dr. Madhuri Gore, current President of ISHA, Dr. B.S. Premalatha and Dr. N. Ratna share the dais at the 49th ISHACON at Kolkata Prof. R. Rangasayee, Director (Technical), participated and was honoured at the World Hearing Day Function organized by NPPCD of Government of Karnataka, on the 3rd of March, 2017. In this function, Karna, the mannequin which was developed to assess the listening loudness of personal music players was demonstrated to the Hon’ble Health Minister, Mr. Ramesh Kumar, and that was appreciated by the Hon’ble Minister.
Prof. R. Rangasayee, being honoured for his contributions to the field of Hearing on World Hearing Day 06
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Professional Development
AUDISHCON 2017
The annual national workshop, AUDISHCON, was conducted by the Department of Hearing Studies on the 9th, 10th and 11th of March, 2017 on “Hearing Instruments: an update”. The inaugural function was presided by Mr. Sridhar Pabbisetty, CEO of Namma Bengaluru. The keynote address was delivered by Prof. Ramesh Oza, a doyen in the field of hearing aids. Other experts who shared their knowledge about the practical aspects of hearing aid fitting were Dr. P. Manjula from AIISH, Mysore, Prof. Dattatreya, from NITTE, Mangalore, Dr. Crystal Variava from Sonova group, Mumbai, Dr. Sivaprasad Reddy, from
Amplifon, Mr. Arivudai Nambi from KMC Mangalore, Dr. Hariprakash from SOAHS, Manipal, Prof. R. Rangasayee, Dr. SRCISH, Mr. Avinash Grubb, Sonova group and Mr. Nagarjun, Widex India Pvt. Ltd. Audiologists from five hearing aid companies enlightened the delegates about their latest innovations. Two panel discussions, one on the ‘Perspective of end-users of Hearing Aid Technology’, and the other about ‘Dispensing of Hearing Instrument and Entrepreneurship’, were well appreciated by all delegates. Mr. Vishnu from C-DAC spoke about the digital programmable hearing aids manufactured in India, as part of the Make-In-India theme. This workshop recorded an all-time high of about 260 registrations.
Inaugural ceremony of AUDISHCON 2017 – Hearing Instruments: an update
Prof. R. Rangasayee, Dr. M.S. Venkatesh, CA D.L. Suresh Babu, Dr. Rashmi Bhat and Dr. Madhuri Gore honouring Mr. Sridhar Pabbisetty
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Talks/Training at the Institute Date
Details
9th January, 2017
Prof. Lirong Lilly Cheng, Professor in San Diego State University was the Dr. SRC Travel Fellow for the year 2016. She delivered a lecture Staff and students on ‘Multicultural issues and its relevance to speech and language pathology’.
5th January, 2017
Ms. MaryKay Therres from Med-El spoke on ‘Cochlear Implants and Staff and students Bilingualism’ and ‘Cochlear Implants and Theory of Mind’.
12th January, 2017
Mr. Bibin S.B. (Regional Audiologist GN ReSound India Pvt. Ltd.) spoke about GN ReSound products and software training.
Staff of Department of Hearing Studies
21 March, 2017
Ms. Anjali Bhat (Clinical Specialist – Karnataka, Cochlear Medical Device Company India Pvt. Ltd.) spoke about upgrading their older processors to the latest in the market, ‘Kanso’, an off-the-ear processor.
Parents of children using Cochlear Implants
22nd March, 2017
Mr. Dattatreya M. (Head of Audiology, GN ReSound India Pvt. Ltd.) carried out hands on training on GN Resound hearing aid and technology.
Staff of Department of Hearing Studies
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Delegates
Talks Delivered & Papers Presented by Faculty Date
Title
Faculty
Details
5th January, 2017
Assessment and management in Motor Speech Disorders and Dysphagia - Role of Speech Language Pathologist in Medical set up
Dr. B.S. Premalatha
49th ISHACON, Kolkata
6th January, 2017
Moderated the session on “Role of Speech Language Pathologist in Neuro-care”.
Dr. B.S. Premalatha
49th ISHACON, Kolkata
6th and 7th February, 2017
Noise Induced Hearing Loss
Mr. Suman N. and Mr. Prashasti Poovaiah
To Medical Doctors from Regional Occupational Health Centre (ICMR complex) at Dr. SRCISH premises
21st February, 2017
Introduction to Augmentative Alternative Communication (AAC) Dr. Mili M. Mathew devices
21st February, 2017
Auditory Processing in Learning Difficulties
Mr. Suman training doctors about Noise Induced Hearing Loss 08
2nd BASLP students of Dr. SRCISH
Reussir Trust in R.T. Nagar, to Ms. Vaishnavi Ramadas parents, special educators and teachers
Mr. Prashasti speaking about the harmful effects of exposure to loud noise
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Examination Results
ADMISSIONS OPEN 2017-18
MASLP, M.Sc. (Aud) and M.Sc. (SLP) Programs BSLPA - Bachelor in Speech Language Pathology & Audiology Please contact the Institute for more details on the Eligibility, Admission Procedure and Fees Structure •E-mail: dr.srcish@gmail.com Interested candidates and families are welcome to visit our institute and know more about the courses.
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Mobile Clinic and Outreach Unit
On the 14th of January, 2017, Dept. of Health and Family Welfare, Govt. of Karnataka, organized an event held at Vidhana Soudha. Hon’ blé Chief Minister Sri Siddaramaiah distributed Hearing Aids, Artificial limbs and Laptops to people with hearing impairment. Hon’ble Minister for Health and Family Welfare graced the occasion. Hon’ble Chief Minister visited and acquainted himself of the facilities and functioning of the Mobile Speech and Hearing Clinic of Dr. SRCISH.
Hon’ble Chief Minister of Karnataka with Hon’ble Ministers Mr. K.J. George, Mrs. Umashree and Minister R. Roshan Baig inspecting the Mobile Speech and Hearing Clinic of Dr. SRCISH in Vidhana Soudha premises. 10
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Mobile Clinic and Outreach Unit
In order to better reach our services to the public, free speech and hearing camps were held at various sites in and around Bengaluru. Those who were found to be suffering from speech/hearing disorders were referred back to the Institute for further detailed evaluations and intervention. In addition, an outreach branch of the Institute functions at Seshadripuram, where speech therapy services are provided. Total clients tested
Total Clients Referred 14
Rotary Bangalore Peenya
Mobile Clinic*
Gowribidanur
125
119
Rotary Bangalore Peenya
Mobile Clinic*
05/01/2017
Ganesh Bagh Limp Camp
19
17
Rotary Bangalore Peenya
Mobile Clinic*
4
06/01/2017
Ganesh Bagh Limp Camp
36
23
Rotary Bangalore Peenya
Mobile Clinic*
5
07/01/2017
Ganesh Bagh Limp Camp
40
9
Rotary Bangalore Peenya
Mobile Clinic*
6
06/01/2017
St. Michel’s School
35
10
Camp Unit
Mobile Clinic*
7
05/01/2017
Le Meridian
17
6
Ln. Shanthavadhan
Mobile Clinic*
8
14/01/2017
Vidhana Soudha
33
9
Chairman
Mobile Clinic*
9
26/01/2017
Bunt’s Sangha Vijayanagar
130
11
Bunt’s Sangha
Mobile Clinic*
10
28/01/2017
Lion’s Club of Bangalore, West Chamarajpet
52
24
Ln Dattatreya
Mobile Clinic*
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18
07/02/2017 08/02/2017 12/02/2017 12/02/2017 13/02/2017 18/02/2017 19/02/2017 19/02/2017
Sidhartha School Sidhartha School Anekal T. Begur Sidhartha School Varthur Varthur Kolar
39 33 42 40 78 31 28 30
5 10 40 3 22 11 15
Camp Unit Camp Unit Ln. Shyam Sundar Director Technical Camp Unit Dr. Shobha Dr. Shobha Ln. Adil Pasha
Mobile Clinic* Mobile Clinic* Mobile Clinic* Mobile Clinic* Mobile Clinic* Mobile Clinic* Mobile Clinic* Mobile Clinic*
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23/02/2017
Nagarjuna Group of Institutes, Devanahalli
128
32
Ln. Shyam Sundar
Mobile Clinic*
20
26/02/2017
T. Begur
33
27
Camp Unit
Mobile Clinic*
21
07/03/2017
Bangarpet
58
45
Ln. Adil Pasha
Mobile Clinic*
22
18/03/2017
Chikkabalapur
25
-
Mr. Thambu
Mobile Clinic*
23
21/03/2017
HSR Layout
90
-
Ln. Nagasubramaniam
Mobile Clinic*
24
24/03/2017
HSR Layout
115
-
Ln. Nagasubramaniam
Mobile Clinic*
Sl. No
Camp Held Date
1
04/01/2017
Ganesh Bagh Limp Camp
2
08/01/2017
3
Camp Held Place
18
Organizer
Transportation
*The Mobile Speech and Hearing Outreach Clinic is a bus with state of the art audiologic diagnostic facility, fitted with audiometric sound treated room as well as portable ramp and electric lift at the footboard to facilitate entry of the elderly and wheel chair users (see back inside cover page).
Hon’ble Health Minister Sri Ramesh Kumar attended at Kolar camp by his gracious presence Dr. S R C Institute of Speech & Hearing | ISH LINK | April 2017
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Mobile Clinic and Outreach Unit
Snapshots of various Camps 12
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Sunaad School for the Hearing Impaired On 27th of January, 2017, the students of Sunaad School participated in the interhouse “Cooking without fire� competition. The dishes prepared by the students were very delicious. A total of eight dishes were prepared and were high in visual appeal as well. The interhouse sports was also held on 27th of February, 2017. The students all participated with gusto.
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Sunaad School for the Hearing Impaired Students of classes 7th to 10th and classes 2nd to 6th were taken to “Innovative Film City� as part of an educational trip on the 7th and 10th of February, 2017. Tiny tots of pre-school were taken for a field trip to Cubbon Park on the 16th of February, 2017. The students all had fun, in addition to learning.
to be the chief guest of the ceremony. Rtn. Mandi N. Suresh, Past District Governor & Past President FKCCI was the guest of honour. Fourteen children completed 10th grade successfully and graduated this year. There was an engaging dance performance by the students of high school on the occasion.
On the 15th of March, 2017, Graduation ceremony for the students of class 10 was conducted. Mr. Govindaraju, Director, Department of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens, Government of Karnataka kindly consented
The month of March signifies examinations. Final examinations till grade 9 began on the 16th of March, 2017. The students are evaluated both verbally and in written form. Good luck to all the students!
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Sign Language Unit In the month of January the unit conducted a training program for deaf employees at Lifestyle Adarsh Opus at Austin town. It is very encouraging that this organization employs deaf individuals at front end as sales persons. They had impeccable etiquette and style of functioning. The training was aimed at conveying to them their prospects of growth and development in the organization.
the sign language unit for suitable marriage proposals. In this quarter, there were nine admissions for Level ‘A’ sign language and two admissions for Functional sign language. Fifteen students pursuing Diploma in special education were trained in sign language. One of the students learning Level ‘A’ sign language volunteered to teach handicrafts to the two deaf individuals who learn functional English in the unit. The pieces made by them were so attractive that the first batch of 25 products was sold immediately.
The sign language unit acted on the program ‘Arivina Sinchana’ as directed by the Government of Karnataka. This program directs all schools for the deaf to conduct sign language training for the deaf students and their parents. It was an opportunity for us to spread the light of Indian sign language. Vag Jyothi School, a residential Mrs. Maria Goretti with parents and students at school in Kundapura was the Vag Jyothi residential school, Kundapura first to conduct the program. The manager was able to learn many signs during a short Initially, the school management was sceptical about the time span and immediately started communicating with training program, but the fact that “sign language” is the his deaf employees in Indian Sign Language. Four students first language for the Deaf, and that it should be viewed as from St. Joseph’s college were introduced to sign language their mother tongue changed their perspective. About 48 and deaf culture in a 2 hour lecture by the faculty of the parents and their wards were trained during the program. sign language unit. A project was taken up to help Deaf children who are We had four Deaf applicants for job placements. A talent technically inclined to learn Computer Programming with scout for the deaf interviewed the applicants. In addition, the help of an Engineer. The engineer is a volunteer from one person who suffered from a stroke came seeking Gift Abled India who was learning sign language from us. employment. His resume was forwarded to ‘Youth4jobs’. We hope that this is a stepping stone to make Technology There were also three Deaf individuals who approached accessible to the Deaf.
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The children of Mothers’ Training Centre along with their mothers visited Lalbagh for the flower show on the 24th of January, 2017. The children were highly excited seeing the model of Gol Gumbaz made entirely out of rose petals. In addition, there were displays of fruits and vegetables. This enabled them to practically experience what was taught in their classes. On the 30th of January, 2017, Martyr’s Day was observed at the Centre. The children were spoken to about the greatness of Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi and his contributions to today’s independent India. Chandramana Ugadi, New Year’s Day was celebrated on the 28th of March, 2017. Pooja was performed and sweets like Obbattu were prepared, and distributed to all.
International Women’s Day
International Women’s Day was celebrated on the 7th of March, 2017. The theme was ‘Be Bold for Change’. On that day, both men and women in the institute wore blue and purple, to show their solidarity for women and their safety. A motivational short film, ‘Swashakthi’ was screened. Eminent women who contributed immensely to society and science were remembered.
Audience in blue and purple watching the documentary The Mothers’ Training Centre celebrated womanhood by organizing competitions for the mothers. Dr. B.S. Premalatha distributed the prizes to the women. 16
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Quote of the Quarter “ The art of conversation is the art of hearing as well as of being heard. ” - William Hazlitt
International Day of Forests Environment committee celebrated the “International Day of Forests” on March 21st. An hour long program was organized in which Dr. Harish Bhat, a renowned ecologist and research scientist from Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, interacted with the audience. The committee gave away 10 plants for adoption.
Dr. Rashmi J. Bhat receiving a sapling from Dr. Harish Bhat
Eye Testing
Sri Eye care, HBR layout conducted a free eye - screening for the staff and students of the institute on the 28th of February, 2017, as part of their Sight Saving Outreach program. A total of 114 individuals were screened.
Donations
We welcome donations in cash or kind. Donations to the Institute are exempt U/s 80-G of the Income Tax Act. The cheque or demand draft may kindly be drawn in favour of “Bangalore Speech and Hearing Trust” and mailed to The Director, Dr. S. R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing Hennur Road, Lingarajapuram, Bangalore 560 084, India. Dr. S R C Institute of Speech & Hearing | ISH LINK | April 2017
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Students Association of Speech & Hearing (SASH) Report
The New Year 2017, was ushered in with joy and excitement. On the eve of New Year, students celebrated New Year by singing songs and dancing and a fashion show was put up. Various games were organized and students participated enthusiastically.
Ethnic day was observed on 14th February 2017 and students and staff turned up in ethnic wear to celebrate the day. Students put up cultural programs which consisted of dances, songs and a fashion show to depict the ethnic diversity in India. At the end of the program, the title of Mr. Ethnic was awarded to Mr. Vinay, a 1st M.Sc. student (dressed in traditional Kodagu attire) and Ms. Ethnic to Ms. Kiruthika, a 2nd M.Sc. student (dressed in traditional Tamil Nadu attire). The winners and runners up of Rangoli competition (conducted on the previous day) were the Diplomas and 2nd M.Sc. students, respectively. Outdoor Sports for students were held on 17th February 2017 at ISKCON Temple grounds, Kacharakanahalli, and students competed in skipping, athletics, cricket, football, shot put and tug of war. The 3rd B.Sc. students emerged the overall winners followed by the 2nd B.Sc. students and then the 2nd MSc students. Sports for the staff were conducted in the month of February 2017. The winner of Table Tennis was Mr. Shobin and runner up was Prof. Rangasayee, Mr. Suman and Mr. George won the Badminton Doubles and Mr. Shobin and Mr. Suman won in Carrom Doubles.
Ethnic Day celebration
The most awaited event, Talents Day – “IMPULSE” was organized on 17th March 2017. It was a day filled with entertainment, games, dances, songs and many more fun events. The day started off with the off-stage events such as Pencil Sketching, Face Painting, ‘Cooking without fire’, ‘Best out of waste’ and Mehendi competition. The theme dance/act, and the newly introduced ‘Mannequin Challenge’ saw a lot of creativity from the students. The other on-stage events were group dance, group song, duet dance, comedy dance/act and fashion show. The photography competition was themed ‘Silhouette’, movie making competition, ‘Savdhaan India’ and Fashion show, ‘Zodiac’ and these events saw incredibly talented presentations from the participants. These competitions brought out hidden talents of many students. For the very first time, the staff walked the ramp, showing their fashionable side and set the stage on fire. The overall winners were students of 1st MSc, ‘Vikings’, 1st runners up were students of 1st B.Sc., ‘Invictums’ and 2nd runners up were students of 2nd B.Sc., ‘Fierce Immortals’. The title of ‘Talent of ISH’ was bagged by Mr. Nitin Damam, a student of 1st year M.Sc. Audiology.
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Talents Day
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Students Association of Speech & Hearing (SASH) Report
Talents Day
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Technical Articles
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Cultural Basis for Hearing Technology – A Perspective
o you realize that hearing has withstood the stress on it with changing time? The present form of the ear and hearing has evolved over a period of 4 million years. The single most important factor in the evolution of vertebrate hearing is auditory sound scene analysis. The hunter and the hunted had varying capacities to produce or analyse sound. The roar of an obscure Lion in proximity is all pervading as to confuse its prey as compared to a cooing of the cuckoo.
realization of which has led to a new discipline called Acoustemology. ‘Acoustic’ and ‘epistemology’ conjoined to refer to a science dealing with a sonic way of knowing and being in the world. It takes cognizance of Biophony – sounds made by living Strangely enough, The author is organisms, Geophony mankind lacks Prof. R. Rangasayee, naturally occurring evidence based Director (Technical) sound produced by a insight into its Dr. S. R. Chandrasekhar habitat, excluding sounds sound based life, Institute of Speech and Hearing made by living organisms. or in other words It includes rain, thunder, ‘sound culture’. water flow noises, wind, The evidences on volcano, earth quake, floods etc. and Anthrophony culture of mankind sounds produced by human beings or their creations in are based on visual a given landscape focusing on community acoustics, than inspection only. For on a species specific or source specific study of sound as example, the Harappa and Mohanjo-daro civilization is in Bioacoustics. understood only on visual evidences. Do you know that Von Bekesy, the only Nobel Laureate in Hearing studies, drew his inspiration from visual inspection of drawings and paintings depicted in a museum, before embarking on his – Nobel discovery of Travelling Wave Theory of Hearing!!!
The sound clues are best availed by people who are blind. Many observations support that the sound scene analysis is better done by persons who are blind as compared to the sighted persons. In other words, sounds and sounds alone communicate about the dynamic echoscape to a blind person, facilitating selection of critical ones over the non-critical ones. The hearing aid/Assistive Listening Device (ALD) technology specifications need to understand the audition behaviour of the people and allow such acoustic cues through the hearing aid/ALD, for a safer life.
Georg von Bekesy, was awarded the Nobel Prize in 1961 for his work on function of the human cochlea The mankind has lost probably a treasure of wealth by not recording the historical relevance of sound scape, the
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In other words, the hearing technology must be designed in a manner that they actually enhance safety, as to fill the gap of insufficient knowledge about how sound based warning signals affect people with hearing impairment with or without hearing aid /Cochlear Implant (CI)/ ALDs.
In the world of hearing, sound is an overlooked and under studied phenomenon, as a source of information.
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What predicts outcomes after cochlear implantation?
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and may never get the skills of those cochlear implant is a device implanted at a younger age. selected when benefit from hearing aids is insufficient to In the same way, adults with provide speech perception. In the case congenital hearing loss who have used of very young children, this is evaluated hearing aids all their lives are strongly by the progress in speech and language visual will take longer to process acquisition after hearing aids are fitted speech. Their perception is strongly and in addition by formal tests in dependent on how much hearing older children. Cochlear implants are they have- those with better hearing sophisticated devices that give a sensation are likely to do better that those with of sound by stimulating the auditory The author is minimal hearing. Those who have nerve directly, bypassing the haircells. Dr. Madhuri Gore used hearing aids consistently will Since 1996, when the first surgeries of Deputy Director have preserved the auditory nerve and multi electrode implants were carried out (Technical) & Principal hence likely to have better outcomes. in India, there have been great changes Dr. S. R. Chandrasekhar Even post lingual adults who have in the safety and surgical techniques so Institute of Speech and Hearing been deaf for 10 or more years can that now parents of hearing impaired take upto 5 years to use the implant children actively seek implantation for confidently in all situations. their children. By and large most children improve rapidly with cochlear implant since selection is Those who have lost hearing through meningitis have normally very carefully done as also surgery. However, variable progress depending on whether the cochlea is there are several issues that influence the outcomes and ossified or other damage has occurred. these are presented in this paper. Some positive changes have been made as size of the implant decreased and surgical safety increased, and Issue 1-Expanding Selection Criteria knowledge of plasticity increased. Hence younger children As knowledge about the efficacy of cochlear implants are implanted. In most published and anecdotal reports, increased, the criteria for selecting children or adults these children catch up earlier with their normal peers, expanded. Where only those who had a 90% chance of but there may be some who do not progress in the same success were chosen, presently even those with a lesser way. Why this happens may be due to several reasons- it chance of success in terms of speech and language is possible some children like those with normal hearing acquisition through audition only may be selected for have auditory processing problems which is not possible various reasons. Those with congenital abnormalities to identify at a young age or may take longer to understand such as Mondini’s dysplasia and those with thin nerve the electrical stimulation which is different from normal may be selected if there is a percept of sound or a response audition. is observed on Electrical auditory brain stem response (EABR). These children are selected for implantation Multiply handicapped children such as Deaf blind are now because they get some inputs through audition that may selected to reinstate one sense. These will need additional make it easier to acquire speech and language, if parents help because of the loss of two senses. For the same reason, do not want to go in for sign language. Hence progress in adults with congenital hearing loss may be selected for these children will vary, depending on what is preserved implants if they are losing their vision. In the case of other anatomically, number of electrodes inserted etc. Parents handicaps such as autism spectrum disorder, cerebral palsy are told about these issues, but their hopes and wishes get etc. decisions are made on a case to case basis. merged (with what is told) and undue comparisons are Issue 2:Family involvement made with other children pressurizing the child. In a few One of the most important factors that affect such cases, too little is expected. development is the involvement of parents/family. On similar reasoning, older children who used hearing This is directly related to the results of language and aids or did not use hearing aids may be selected for communication skills of children with hearing loss. Parents implantation based on providing audition that would have a huge responsibility and have to cope with demands/ provide long term support for communication. Obviously, requirement of implant recipient, their other children and speech cannot improve to normality. How many of us family members and pressure from the family. Besides can speak a second language like a native speaker? Our these they may be coping with guilt. It is also not pleasant accent, pronunciation and words we use depend on the to constantly explain to other people about the child. That language we learned in childhood and influence how we said, my personal experience is that parents are strong speak another language despite having excellent hearing! and cheerful and willing to face all odds for their child, Older children must be involved in the decision changing the perception of those around them. process so that their expectations are realistic. There is a physiological explanation for the reduced benefit with What is expected from parents is as followsage. The brain is reorganized by 6 years depending on The involvement of both parents and education of the mode used to understand and process speech. 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ii) to maintain the speech processor and ensure that it is working properly ii) to provide auditory stimulation - consistently speak to the child providing a good language model in all environments; iii) to stimulate speech production of the child through conversation and not repeat after me method iv) to maintain regular contact with the school teacher and his/her friends and get information about the work done and child’s participation in school v) to participate in the development and implementation of the intervention program and to attend therapy sessions Parent Expectations from implant: Parents dispose of life earnings, take loans to enable child to speak. Parental /family expectations must be clear before implantation. This issue decides their involvement later. Otherwise they will be depressed. Hence, a proper assessment prior to implantation important. It is important that they have met other parents who can tell them what it was like to make a decision and what to expect. In the beginning at our centre, it took a long time to explain because there were not many children who were implanted, but later the parents met other parents and were more confident. Similarly if a child cried at switch on, parents of the first few CI recipients thought there was a problem, now they know it is nothing to be worried about. Parents themselves may not have support and need support of their own parents either monetarily or emotionally before the implantation and after. It is reiterated that older children must be involved in the process- otherwise may have very high expectation. Issue 3: Parental mobility Parents may move away from place of therapy either because the job takes them there or other family concerns. Health of parents or other family members may contribute to changing location. This leads to loss of therapy or support services. In most government jobs or the armed forces, transfers are arranged for the child’s convenience. Issue 4: Underserved population Most services available for cochlear implant recipients are restricted to metros. For e.g.; Mysore for e.g. is filled with persons not only from Karnataka, but also from Kerala and Tamil Nadu due to availability of services for rehab and lower costs of living. In most places in India, there may or may not be audiologists and speech language pathologists, educators, let alone ENT consultants with or without training/experience in dealing with cochlear implant recipients. This leads to families being broken up by necessity- mother and child stay in a metro and the other members else where. Children can take time to adjust to the new surroundings as also the mother and family members. There is hardship both emotionally and monetarily. Issue 5: Device related A lot of the issues that are device related are due to improper care of the processor. Parents have a poor understanding of what is covered by the warranty. Warranty is not the same for processor and all accessories- cables, batteries have shorter warranties. Sometimes it is possible to extend the warranty for the processor. A speech processor may 22
cost about Rs. 3 lakhs on an average and has a warranty of 3 years. So if not taken care of properly, it lasts for three years only. Thus, costs can be Rs.100,000.00 annually !! It is important to know that the loss of the processor is not covered by insurance. Nor does warranty cover improper use such as not keeping processor clean leading to damage caused by sweat. Spares are important. A child is without hearing when there is a malfunction and when parents don’t keep a set of spares. Spares are not always available over the counter, in many centres. Some issues are linked to improper use and handling delicate spares roughly. With respect to the coil, parents have a tendency to tighten the coil so that it will not fall off . This can lead to breakdown of skin and explantation at the worst. Issue 5: Problems that may occur at later age The child with a cochlear implant is as susceptible to other infections as a hearing child. As was mentioned earlier, they may have a learning disability which is detected only after they reach the reading stage in school. Some develop other problems like middle ear infections with complications, seizures or head injuries inspite of all care. To minimize these it is better to always consult the implant surgeon. The problem of reimplantation though rare also looms large. Issue 6: Professional services Due to paucity of trained professionals, most clinicians in the field of cochlear implants are overworked and their services get stretched. This may lead to untrained persons providing services and their related problems. Issue 7- Poor communication in team It is important to choose a CI team that is strong. All teams do not have good interaction between surgeon and all other members- so selection may become a problem as also mapping and habilitation. Professionals may not agree on philosophy of rehabilitation, causing problems. Issue 8: Rehabilitation Philosophy The approach chosen for re/habilitation- is client related. The first choice is to emphasize audition so that child begins to use the fastest mode of communication. Especially in young children, greatest progress is made when audition is emphasized and natural conversation used by family members. In case progress is limited, and there are no other issues related to the map, the therapist refers the child to another specialist such as OT/PT/psychologist to find out if additional support is required. In rare cases, other modes may be necessary. In all cases a team approach is used. Language is another issue. Parents may select one language, but grandparents speak in another. Parents choose English assuming it is easier, or there are greater opportunities. If so they must ensure fluency and use it as their first language of communication. Most children with hearing loss can be considered as normal in every way except with respect to hearing. But, and it is important to realize that many have other issues. One such is sensory integration which may lead to other disorders. Some need behavioural management. Cochlear implant as a treatment has made us understand that hearing loss in children is a complex problem and must be managed accordingly.
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Follow up-What and why in Audiology
Audiology as a profession came into being in to fine tune the hearing aid. Even when the environment of post-world war II. The there is no reduction in hearing per se, tremendous developments in technology in it is a must that the device user (hearing the last 7 decades have had a major impact aid, cochlear implant, BAHA, Assistive on the profession. Audiological services listening device) keeps in touch with now are not restricted to one specific age the clinician at-least once a year to group but encompass the entire lifespan of evaluate out-comes. In our experience individuals. Audiologists across the world at the department, we have found some have been donning many hats to fulfill a users are not actually satisfied .A follow host of responsibilities vested on them by up visit would go a long way in dealing The author is the profession. The traditional method of with the problem areas of these clients. Dr. Rashmi J. Bhat identifying and diagnosing a condition It is important to remember that one Vice Principal & HOD related to hearing and fitting a person with client satisfied is at least 10 more of the Department of Hearing Studies hearing devices has gradually moved away needy visiting the professional. Another Dr. S. R. Chandrasekhar from a medical model to a client based instance where follow up plays a major Institute of Speech and Hearing approach in recent times and is here to stay. role is in modifying rehabilitation The latter approach goes a long away in the measures, for example, if the hearing development of a good rapport between aid does not appear to help in language the client and clinician and garnering client satisfaction. development ,audiologist starts to think about getting other One way of strengthening the client centered procedures for professional opinion(Psychology ,Neurology, Pediatrics, assessment and rehabilitation is by way of a strong follow up ENT, Radiology),carries out further tests to confirm if the practice. child can be a cochlear implant user. In few instances, the repeat visits help in deciding if the child will benefit from an Follow up is a process that helps an audiologist to monitor auditory only approach to rehabilitation or would do better the status of a specific condition. Some conditions of the with a multisensory approach. ear remain the same for a long time but there could be some which worsen over time .There are also conditions such as Another area where I personally feel that there is a lack of Meniere’s disease which fluctuate over time. The audiologist follow up is with respect to the clients who attend therapy requests for follow up visits at least half yearly so that he/she sessions .After a certain duration, the client as well as the is able to discern the pattern of progress. This information clinician may feel that a plateau has been reached in terms collected during repeated visits over time is the basis for the of the performance. It is a known fact that one cannot be counseling he /she provides to another client as per need. with the same client for years together. However, I feel an Further it could be of interest for the clinician to know if the effort has to be made to find out the status of such clients at a management, be it medical or surgical, has had an effect on later age to get an idea about their education, occupation and the client’s status. It is possible that in instances of middle ear quality of life issues. This could be done through maintaining disorders, medical management has helped the individual a registry of the beneficiaries, having a telephonic interview and there was a recovery. But there are children, especially with them once a year ,arranging for group meetings which in the age ranges up to 3 years who need to be monitored for could ultimately turn out to be support groups etc. Data also middle ear status especially if they are prone to frequent cold, may throw up research questions as well as revealing some cough etc. It is a well-established fact that untreated middle answers to existing puzzles. Several dissertations carried out ear infections can lead to later auditory processing issues. at the Institute have revealed that there is still a discrepancy Sometimes, he/she also needs to correlate his findings with in the performances of the typically developing children that of other team members to confirm his diagnosis. This and children with hearing impairment even though they is another way he enriches his own knowledge in the field. have been fitted with devices very early in life. This has been Best example of this would be when an audiologist suspects shown especially in the development of communication an Acoustic Neuroma, and the confirmation comes from the skills, pragmatics inference skills, theory of mind further Radiologist and Neurologist. Such information is necessary to leading to poor academic performances, poor self-esteem develop confidence in testing methods and protocols, modify and confidence, poor socialization and isolation from society or improve them for the benefit of clients in the longer run. It .Occupations and remunerations not on par with typical is also the very evidence an audiologist needs to employ best population and further poor quality of life is commonly practices while he is serving his client. Another example is of reported. a progressive hearing loss or a hearing loss which develops at There will come a time when the audiologist becomes the a later age especially with a family history. It is important to ‘family’ Audiologist and it is only possible if there is a regular monitor this for two reasons. One, it will give the audiologist follow up with our clients and use of this feedback to better an idea about the rate of progress of the condition. Second, it our services. In addition, it is good business strategy to keep will also help in fine-tuning hearing devices as per the degree in touch with our clients because word of mouth is the best of loss .In addition, there is the client who already is a user way to increase our reach to a wider community. of a device, feels that hearing device is not working, comes for a re-programming. The audiologist then carries out a The Department of Hearing studies aims to improve the reevaluation of hearing levels and analyses if there has been follow up services provided. Please help us to serve you better a change /worsening of hearing. He/she then uses this data by visiting the department at least once a year. 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Speech & Language Impairment Variation Over a 5 year Period The study was conducted in the department of speech and language studies, at Dr. S. R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing (Dr. SRCISH), Bangalore. The study was taken to observe how the trend of speech and language disorders have changed over a period of five year, that is between 2007 & 2008 and 2014 & 2015 at the institute. The survey helps in collecting information about the type of speech and language disorder which are more prevalent in the city of Bangalore. Case files from the two time periods of 2007 & 2008 and 2014 & 2015 were reviewed to collect information on details pertaining to age, gender, urban/rural, types of speech and language disorders. The total number of cases that were seen in the department of speech and language studies for assessment, in the two time periods was 6278. Out of these, 3068 files were seen from the years 2007 & 2008 and 3210 case files were seen in the time period of 2014 & 2015. Year
Cases seen
2007
1356 (21.5%)
2008 2014 2015
1712 (27.2%) 1640 (26.1%) 1570 (25%)
Cases varied in the two time periods
Total No. of Cases
Speech and language acquisition and development in boys seem different especially because of different ways of upbringings and interaction with their environment. As we can see speech and language disorders were seen to be more prevalent in males (70%) than in females (29%). The reason for this much of difference between males and females in the Indian scenario could be attributed to the fact that males receive more attention and so are better attended for deviation in health status as compared to females. Age in years
3068
Year
3210
<2
2 – 15
15 – 60
955
Total
> 60
Count % Count % Count % Count %
6278
It was observed clearly from the above figure that the number of cases seen in the department showed a peak or rise in the months of April- July. This could be because of closure of the schools during these months, as they are considered the peak summer months in India. April and May see a good inflow of cases of all ages, as they are the holidays and clients have time to get checked as well as time to come regularly for therapy. Also in the figure there is a rise in the number of cases in the month of December except in the year 2014 where we can see a fall in the number of cases. This seasonal variation of cases could help us better understand how to manage the influx of a large no. of cases during some months and also improve upon any aspect that requires our attention. 24
Gender
Count
%
2007
105
18.0
20.8
276
27.2
20
20.4 1356
21.6
2008
180
30.9 1185 25.9
327
32.2
20
20.4 1712
27.3
2014
164
28.1 1236 27.0
217
21.4
23
23.5 1640
26.1
2015
134
23.0 1205 26.3
196
19.3
35
35.7 1570
25.0
Total
583
9.2
4581 72.9 1016 16.9
98
1.5
100.0
6278
The highest no. of cases was seen in the age range of 2-15 years which was around 4581 cases out of 6278 (that is 72.9%), followed by 1016 cases seen in the age range of 15-60 years (that is 16.9%) which were seen for speech and language disorders in all the four years taken. In the age range of individuals greater than 60 years of age, there was a lower percentage of just 1.5% (that is 98 cases) cases seen.
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It was observed that hearing impairment was the highest (27%) as compared to other language disorders. The higher prevalence of hearing disorders when compared to other language disorders could be due to the fact that hearing impairment often coexists with various signs and symptoms, owing to which medical help is often sought as against the other language disorders which are symptomless. The prevalence of receptive and expressive language disorder of unknown etiology was seen to be the second highest (at 20%).
The prevalence of speech and language disorders with respect to locality (urban/rural), it is seen that irrespective of the time period the percentage of cases from the urban locality was higher (87%) as compared to the rural locality (with 13%).
The authors are
As far as the different types of disorders were considered, language disorders were seen to be the highest with 4605 cases (73.35%) more as compared to speech disorders, which were seen in all four years. The percentage of language disorders irrespective of the type seems to have increased over a period of time from 864 (that is 18.7%) to1284 (that is 27.84%).
Speech Disorders
Ms. Roxanne Briggs, Clinical Supervisor Department of Speech and Language Studies
From the figure, it is seen that between the two time periods the highest number of speech disordered cases was seen in the time period of 2007& 2008 as compared to the time period of 2014 & 2015. Maximum number of cases of speech disorders 505 (30.1%) were seen in the year 2008 as compared to 286 (17%) which was seen in the year 2015. Among the different types of speech disordered individuals, fluency disorders were seen to be the highest followed by voice disorders and articulation disorders in all the four years. Language Disorder
2007
Dr. B.S. Premalatha, HOD Department of Speech and Language Studies
2008
Year
2014
2015
Total %
Count
%
Count
%
Count
%
Count
%
Count
Hearing Impairment
227
26.2
425
35.2
337
27.0
269
20.9 1258
27.3
Delayed Speech and Language
190
22.0
172
14.3
323
25.8
264
20.6
949
20.6
Learning Disability
10
1.2
14
1.2
26
2.1
45
3.5
95
2.1
Cognitive Deficits
73
8.5
221
18.3
122
9.8
105
8.2
521
11.3
Autism Spectrum Disorders
73
8.5
46
3.8
176
14.1
209
16.3
504
10.9
Intellectual Disability
109
12.6
53
4.4
47
3.8
65
5.1
274
6.0
Neurogenic Language Disorders
25
2.9
25
2.1
44
3.5
85
6.6
179
3.9
Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorders
29
3.4
21
1.7
28
2.2
99
7.7
177
3.8
Specific Language Impairment
8
0.9
32
2.7
9
0.7
7
0.5
56
1.2
Others
120
13.9
198
16.4
138
11.0
136
10.6
592
12.9
Total
864
18.7
1207
26.2
1250
27.1
1284
27.8 4605
100.0
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Perception of Environmental Sounds by People with Hearing Impairment
of a gentle breeze sounds pleasurable to a normal hearing individual, to the hearing impaired person, it is noise. This is because his or her hearing device is designed to treat it as noise.
‘Environmental sounds’ by definition refers to all the sounds around us other than speech and music. When we look around, the world is filled with a plethora of sounds. Each of these sounds is independent of the other, varying in loudness, pitch and duration.
Environmental sounds are vital because they carry information; information about the place, information about Some sounds are soothing to the ears what is happening around oneself, like the birds chirping, water flowing The author is information about how one has to react in a stream etc. Other sounds are Ms. Megha Sasidharan etc. For e.g., if one hears the gate open in annoying such as a truck blaring its Lecturer, Department of the evening, it prepares him or her to be horn, crackers etc. It is not necessary for Hearing Studies ready for a guest. On the other hand, if the sound to be loud to call it annoying. Dr. S. R. Chandrasekhar the same sound is heard in the midnight Some individuals are hypersensitive to Institute of Speech and Hearing then it becomes a warning sign. Thus, the mere sound of chalk when a teacher when one does not have access to writes on the blackboard. Contradictory to this, certain people also love the sounds made by the these sounds (as is the case in hearing impairment), it loud crackers during the festive season. It is therefore true decreases their overall awareness, aesthetic and emotional satisfaction and raises safety concerns. that one man’s music is noise to others. When it comes to people with hearing impairment, all the above sounds are considered secondary and speech always takes priority. This is because speech is the main mode of communication. So, the question arises whether all the above mentioned environmental sounds are unimportant in their life. The fact is that it is not the people with hearing impairment who do not want to hear the sounds, it is the way we have prioritized their world with speech as the primary sound in their life. It is also the way most technology is designed. Although the human auditory system is designed to perceive the sound signals in one’s surrounding, the devices meant for people with hearing impairment primarily focuses on coding the speech sounds. And in order to make speech better and clearer, these devices even cut down the noises in the environment. Thus, if the sound
Despite awareness of these issues, relatively few efforts are being made to work on facilitating access to the environmental sounds in the life of a hearing-impaired individual. With the advent of technology, cochlear implants have to some extent made a difference in catering to the profoundly deaf individual’s acoustic needs. However, research still shows a dearth in the abilities of perception of environmental sounds even in individuals fitted with the most sophisticated hearing device. Training them might provide some additional benefit but most of the training time tends to be dedicated toward learning speech. This could also be because environmental sounds are considered to be easier and not linguistically loaded at all. Nevertheless, one must carefully analyse the world of sound around him and wonder how it would be if these sounds are taken away from them.
Voice Problems in the Hearing Impairment
to the brain may cause impairmentsVoice is the sound produced by the such as hearing loss, cerebral palsy and vocal cords located in the throat. It mental retardation. This often happens is used to convey a verbal message, if a child is born with impairment. In express emotions or entertainment as this case let us talk about a baby born in acting or singing. We often take voice with hearing impairment (HI). for granted and do not acknowledge the mechanism of voice production. Babies with severe hearing loss cannot What do we hear as soon as a baby is hear themselves or others or any born into this world? – birth cry! The other sounds around them without baby takes its first breath and cries as it The author is amplification. They need to learn to exhales the air! As soon as the mother Dr. Anita Reddy listen to sounds after the fitting of an hears her baby’s voice, she is delighted Associate Professor, amplification device. This is the first that her baby is well, alive and healthy. Department of Speech and step. After this, step by step, they learn Sadly, the same does not happen for Language Studies to respond to sounds around them every child that is born. Some babies Dr. S. R. Chandrasekhar including speech and language. Just like are silent or have a weak cry. A delayed Institute of Speech and Hearing enabling the child to pick up language, birth cry at birth may imply that a child needs to be trained to use an something is not right. An insufficient amount of oxygen appropriate voice. For example, by the tone of a person’s 26
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voice the listener can tell if he is excited, surprised, angry, sarcastic, sad or glad. This is because there are three things that constitute voice such as pitch, loudness and quality. It is subtle variations in these aspects that make a conversation comprehensible. When a child is learning to speak, the modulations in voice (intonation) are picked up subliminally. Children learn to use facial expressions by imitating adults. But the emotion is not properly conveyed if the tone of the voice does not match the facial expression. Each emotion has a particular pitch pattern called ‘intonation’. For instance, a high pitched with sharp rises and falls in pitch indicates “excitement” or a low flat tone with minimal pitch variation indicates “sadness”. So to say, intonation is a learnt behavior. Children with hearing loss most certainly develop language, but often show a lot of inappropriate pitch and loudness levels while speaking
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to others. They have high pitches at times, or very soft or loud voices during conversation. This is due to improper auditory feedback of their own voices that leads to a lack of coordination between voice and respiration. During speech therapy, every child is taught to listen to sounds, vocabulary and answer appropriately to simple questions. This is important! But during the course of therapy, the clinician has to also work on aspects of speech namely, articulation, fluency & voice. This is a long process. Speech therapy is not complete with just language development. It is complete only when the child learns to converse independently with the right amount of vocabulary, precise articulation, fluent, smooth flow of words without improper pausing, and use of an appropriate intonation pattern to suit the occasion.
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Clinical Services Rendered Ad ol e 11 sce % nt
Psychology Unit
Adult 8%
Department of Hearing Studies
January 2017
January 2017 Infant
Children Adolescent
Ad ol e 19 sce % nt
February 2017
Adult
February 2017 Infant
Children Adolescent
Adult 14%
Total : 839
Children Adult Geriatric
Adult
Child 78%
Ad ol e 14 sce % nt
Children Geriatric
Adult
Child 81% Adult 3%
Total : 1574
March 2017
March 2017 Infant
Children Adolescent
Child 72%
Total : 640
Adult Geriatric
Adult
Dept of Speech Language Studies Therapy
Children
Auditory Verbal Therapy Unit
Diagnostics
Infant Children Adult Geriatric Infant
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Children
Adult
Geriatric
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Donors during this Quarter Grants from Govt. of Karnataka
Received Rs.35,70,000/- under Child Centric Grant for Sunaad School
Lions Club of Bangalore East Trust - Received Rs.8,00,000/-
Dr. P.S. Maiya Bull Temple Road Bengaluru 19
Late A.P. Naidu
Vidya Naidu daughter of Late A.P. Naidu donated in memory of her father. C404, Rachenalli Post, Tanisandra Bengaluru 560 077
Donation of Hearing Aid
Geeta Prasad
President, Rotary Club of Caldwell, Caldwell, Newjersy USA donation towards purchase of Hearing Aids & Microscopes for School
Rtn. Palyam Ramesh Donating the Hearing Aid to Institute
Distribution of Free Hearing Aid to Sunaad School Students
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Dr. S R C Institute of Speech & Hearing | ISH LINK | April 2017
Media Coverage On the 2nd of March, 2017, activities of the institute were covered by TV9, a Kannada channel. This was telecast as part of the programme “Nimagondhu Salaam” on the 5th of March, 2017. Dr. M.S. Venkatesh, Chairman, Lion V.S. Shanthavadhan, Treasurer and Prof. R. Rangasayee, Director Technical spoke about the history of the institute, mobile bus and other research activities. Mrs. Ratna Shetty spoke about the activities of the Mothers’ Training Unit. To see the full episode of the programme please visit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9WQpYHNYM4w&feature=youtu.be
A few snapshots of “Nimagondhu Salaam” programme telecast on the TV9 channel Dr. S R C Institute of Speech & Hearing | ISH LINK | April 2017
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Mr. Sridhar Pabbisetty CEO of Namma Bengaluru •E-mail: sridhar.p@namma-bengaluru.org Very happy to see excellence in various fields of making our nation an inclusive one. Mainstreaming our special brothers and sisters is a solemn duty and responsibility to all of us. Date: 09-03-2017
Li-Rong Lilly Cheng, Professor School of Speech Language & Hearing Sciences San Diego State University •E-mail: lcheng@mail.sdsu.edu Excellent facilities and services. Outstanding model for the world. Date: 09-01-2017
Lion. V. Vijay Kumar Raju, PMJF International Director Lions Clubs International •E-mail: vijaykr.raju@gmail.com Truly privileged to visit this centre of Excellence. We are proud that Lions club of Bangalore East is associated with this institute and doing a great service to society. Please continue, seek greater heights. Date: 13-03-2017
Visitors to the Institute
Li-Rong Lilly Cheng, Professor, School of Speech Language & Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University, with the Chairman, Treasurer and Director (Technical) of Dr. SRCISH 32
Sridhar Pabbisetty, CEO of Namma Bengaluru, with the Chairman, Secretary, Director (Technical) of Dr. SRCISH
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Visitors to the Institute
Mr. Govindaraju, Director, Department of Differently Abled and Senior Citizens, Government of Karnataka, visited to school
Lion. V. Vijay Kumar Raju, International Director, Lions Clubs International visited the school. V. Venkatakrishna Reddy, Trustee and Director (Technical) Prof. R. Rangasayee, explaining the activities of the school
Honouring the Dignitaries
Li-Rong Lilly Cheng, Professor, School of Speech Language & Hearing Sciences, San Diego State University, felicitated by the Chairman and Treasurer of Dr. SRCISH
Honouring Mr. Govindaraju, Director, Department of Differently Abled and senior citizens, Government of Karnataka, by the Chairman Dr. M.S. Venkatesh and Director (Technical) Prof. R. Rangasayee also seen Dr. Madhuri Gore, Principal & Deputy Director (Technical)
Students of Dr.SRCISH took part in the 150th Birth Anniversary celebrations of Swami Vivekananda, organised by Bangalore Univeristy held at Palace Grounds. Dr. S R C Institute of Speech & Hearing | ISH LINK | April 2017
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Facilities
Available at the Institute
Department of Hearing Studies
Audiometry: measurement of hearing/measuring sensitivity of hearing Hearing Aid (HA) prescription and Fitting: relates to trial and selection of a hearing aid suitable to the individuals nature and degree of hearing loss and comfort level. Custom Ear Mould Making: devices, which couple the hearing aids to the ear and are made to fit in the individuals’ ear. Hearing Aid Repair and Service: any problem in the working of the hearing aid can be repaired or worn out parts can be replaced. A hearing aid can also be periodically checked to see if it is functioning properly. Auditory Verbal Therapy: is a specialized type of therapy designed to teach a child to use the hearing provided by a hearing aid or a cochlear implant for understanding speech and learning to talk. Post Cochlear Implant rehabilitation: rehabilitation for children post cochlear implantation is an accepted part of the implant process. A young child with a cochlear implant and her family require a comprehensive habilitation program to help her utilize the auditory signal and to naturally integrate the various components of communication including listening, speech, language, reading and thinking. Mapping for Cochlear Implant: refers to the setting of the electrical stimulation limits necessary for the cochlear implant user to “hear” soft and comfortably loud sounds. Since the Cochlear Implant can only process sounds in a very narrow range (6-15 dB), it must be able to compress the natural range of sounds (normal speech is usually between 40-60 dB) into this small band. Noise Measurement: measuring the noise levels in industries and public areas and ascertain that it is within permissible limits and not a hazard to the hearing sensitivities of the people in the environment.
Department of Speech Language Sciences
Misarticulation: is a speech defect in which an individual substitute, omit, add or distort the speech sounds as result make the speech unintelligible. Stuttering: stuttering is a speech disorder in which sounds, syllables, or words are repeated or prolonged, disrupting the normal flow of speech. These speech disruptions may be accompanied by struggling behaviors, such as rapid eye blinks or tremors of the lips. Stuttering can make it difficult to communicate with other people, which often affects a person’s quality of life. Cleft lip and Palate: refers to a condition wherein a child is born with a split or torn lip(s) with a hole in the roof of the mouth. Cerebral Palsy (CP): is a term used to describe a non progressive group of disorders affecting body movement and muscle coordination due to anomaly of the developing brain. Autism: is a developmental disorder characterized by difficulties in social interaction, communication and by restricted and repetitive behavior and manifests within the first two years of life. Aphasia: is the impairment of language function which results from strokes and other injuries to the language areas of the brain. 34
Dysarthria: is an acquired speech problem caused by paralysis, weakness, or inability to coordinate the muscles of the mouth. Learning Disability: as aneurological condition that prevents a person from learning or severely impairs the learning process in one or more academic areas, despite his having average or higher intelligence. Laryngectomy: is a procedure that involves removing part or all of the voice box usually as a result of a cancerous tumour in the larynx resulting in loss of voice and requiring to learn new methods of speaking. Dysphagia: is a medical condition that causes a person to have problems in swallowing.
Psychology Unit
Developmental assessments are conducted on children to identify children with developmental delays (DQ/SQ) IQ Assessment: Intelligent quotient (IQ) or IQ tests are intended to measure aptitude and intellectual capacities and provide an estimate of a individuals mental abilities. Intelligence Tests: are tests of general intellectual abilities. They measure not only a single trait but also a range of abilities including memory, verbal ability, reasoning skills and numerical ability. Personality test: aims to describe aspects of a person’s character that remain stable throughout that person’s lifetime, the individual’s character pattern of behavior, thoughts, and feelings. Behavior modification: is a treatment approach, based on the principles of operant conditioning, that replaces undesirable behaviors with more desirable ones through positive or negative reinforcement. Psycho-educational Assessment or Learning Disibility Assessment: evaluates an individuals psychological and academic issues and spells out the needs for special education placement and services required for effective remediation of the child. School for children with Autism and Learning Disability, slow learners. Voice clinic: provides services in the diagnosis and management of disorders that affect the voice. Endostroboscopy: It is a quick effective procedure to study the structure and functions of the vocal folds. ENT valuation: Routine evaluation of ear, nose and throat are available from an ENT consultant. School Screening: Service offered to schools for identification of speech, hearing and learning problems in children. Rural screening Camps: Service offered to any health centre, institution, organisation or industry or companies to identify people’s (adults and children) abilities in speech and hearing. Sunaad School for Hearing Impaired: Provides primary and middle school education in Kannada and English medium for hearing impaired children. Sign Language Training: Equips individuals with basic skills necessary to communicate with individuals with hearing impairment and become professional interpreters for them through short term and diploma level recognized courses in Indian Sign language. National Open School (NIOS): Institute provides coaching and training for individuals appearing for examinations conducted by NIOS, for out of school children with special needs. Mothers Training Centre: provides early and intensive intervention for young children with hearing impairment and provides training for their parents. Placement Cell: for adult deaf and graduating rehabilitation professionals.
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