ISHLINK JAN 2020

Newsletter of Estd. 1977

Vol.11 • No.1 January 2020

Quarterly

Dr. S. R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech & Hearing

Let true happiness, longevity and good fortune be with you this new year and always.

Chairman’ s Note Happy New Year to all!

The end of 2019 has indeed been eventful for us.

We celebrated Founder’s Day on 8th November 2019 in honour of our beloved founder, Dr. S.R.Chandrasekhar and were honoured to have Hon’ble Sri N. Santhosh Hegde, Former Judge, Supreme Court of India, Former Solicitor General of India, Former Lokayuktha, Govt. of Karnataka as the Chief Guest.

The S.R.Chandrasekhar Memorial Award was awarded to Sri Sathish Manandi and the best Alumni Awards to Ms. Praveena Davis and Mr. Apurva kumar. 3 students who completed the fellowship programme in Cochlear Implant technology and Re/ Habilition received their certificates of completion and all donors and trustees were honoured on this occasion.

The Department of Speech Language Studies successfully conducted one-day seminar on Neuro-imaging in Speech Language Pathology on 18th of November.

A Faculty Development Programme on ‘Teachers Pedagogy’ was conducted for all faculty members of the institute on the 12th and 13th of December, 2019.

We are pleased to report the recognition of the work of our faculty members at the international level with 4 presentations at the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), Annual International Convention, 2019.

Inspections for the PhD programme under Bangalore North University, for RCI recognition of MASLP, BASLP, and PGDAVT courses, for UGC recognition were conducted this quarter.

The PG Diploma Course in Auditory Verbal Therapy, BASLP & MASLP courses received recognition from Rehabilitation Council of India.

Vision

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

Grateful thanks and Good wishes for a prosperous new year to all well-wishers and donors!

Dr. M.S. Venkatesh

Chairman Bangalore Speech and Hearing Trust •Cell: 99001 07073 •E-mail: msvenkatesh49@gmail.com 1977-2017

ADMISSIONS OPEN 2020-21

MASLP, M.Sc. (Aud) and M.Sc. (SLP) Programs PG Diploma in AVT

Please contact the Institute for more details on the Eligibility, Admission Procedure and Fees Structure Ph: 080-2547 0037 & 2546 8470 E-mail: dr.srcish@gmail.com www.speechear.org 02

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Founder

Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar (1930 - 2013)

Contributors

• Dr. Rashmi J. Bhat Professor & Principal.

Dr. S.R.C.ISH.

Gratitude & Acknowledgement

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

• Dept. for the Empowerment of Differently Abled & Senior Citizens, Govt. of Karnataka • Infosys Foundation • Cogzinant Foundation • All Lions & Rotarians for their support • Donors & Well Wishers • Team CanvasX for Design • Omkar Offset Printers for the timely publication of this newsletter

The Editorial Team • Dr. Rashmi J. Bhat • Ms. Manu G.C. • Ms. Deborah Athaide • Mr. Shobin • Mr. C.S. Jayaram

Free Service

For the Weaker Sections

Donations

We welcome donations in cash or kind as well. 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 84, India.

Board of Trustees Chairman Secretary Treasurer Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee Trustee

Mr. C.R. Jayachandra Setty

Trustee

Lion. Shrinivassan

Trustee

Mr. Vijay Ramaprasad

Trustee

Lion. Kiran Kumar

Trustee

Lion. P. Pramod Kumar

Trustee

Lion. Ashwathanarayana Swamy Trustee Lion. Dr. Krishna T.V. Reddy

Governing Council Members

Dr. Sis. M. Genevieve Dr. Ashok Dr. Srinivas Dr. P.S. Maiya

Dr. M. Pushpavathi

Chairperson

Dr. M.S. Venkatesh University Member CA D.L. Suresh Babu University Member Lion V.S. Shanthavadhan Dr. M.N. Nagaraja Subject Expert & Dr. B.S. Premalatha Member Dr. Madhuri Gore Subject Expert & Member Dr. Rashmi Bhat

Trustee

Member Member Member Member Member Member Convenor

Advisory Board Chairman Hon’ble Sri D.H. Shankaramurthy

Ex-Chairman, Karnataka Legislative Council, Govt. of Karnataka

Members Mr. K. Jairaj, IAS (Retd.)

Trustee, BMS Educational Trust, Bangalore

Mr. B.G. Nanda Kumar, IAS (Retd.)

Ex-Commissioner, Collegiate Education, GOK Mr. Gopal Hosur, IPS (Retd.)

Ex-IGP & Addl Comdt Genl Home Guards Addl Director Civil Defence, GOK

Mr. M.V. Veda Murthy, IAS (Retd.)

Ex-Commissioner, Hindu Religious Institution & Charitable Endowments, GOK

Rtn. Manandi N. Suresh

Past Dist. Governor, RI Dist. 3190

Rtn. Suresh Bhat

Past Dist. Secretary, RI Dist. 3190

Mr. Suresh S. Pathi

CEO/Partner, Pathi Saree Mandir

Mr. P.S. Venkatesh Babu

CEO, Omkar Offset Printers

Dr. H.C. Ramesh

Ex-Director - Dept. of Health & Family Welfare, Govt. of Karnataka

CA K. Raghu

Past President - The Institute of Chartered Accounts of India

Mr. Sridhar Pubbi Setty BE, MBA, B’lore

Mr. Rajendra K.

RCI Member, International Disability & Development Consultant

Research Advisory Committee

Chairman Hon’ble Justice M.N. Venkatachaliah Convenor Dr. M.N. Nagaraja CEO, Dr. SRCISH Members Rtn. Dr. M.S. Venkatesh Chairman, BSHT CA.D.L. Suresh Babu Secretary, BSHT Lion. V.S. Shanthavadhan Treasurer, BSHT

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Dr. B.S. Jaiprakash Former Principal, BIT, B’lore Dr. S.R. Savithri Director, AIISH, Mysore Dr. B. Rajashekar Dean, Allied Health Sciences, Manipal University Dr. Pratibha Karanth Director, The COM DEALL Trust Dr. Indira Jaiprakash Former Prof., Dept. of Psychology, BU Dr. Rashmi Bhat Special Invitee, Principal, Dr. SRCISH

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Founder’s Day Celebrations Founder’s Day, Dr. S.R.C. Memorial Award Ceremony and Donors Meet were held on Friday 08th November 2019.

The program started with dance performances of students from Mothers’ Training Centre, Sunaad School for Hearing Impaired, and Dr. S.R.Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing. The Chief Guest for the event was Sri N. Santhosh Hegde, Hon’ble Former Judge, Supreme Court of India, Former Solicitor, General of India, Former Lokayuktha, Govt. of Karnataka.

In his welcome address, Dr. M.S. Venkatesh, Chairman and Director of Dr. S.R.Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing, spoke of the institute’s growth and mentioned activities that the Institute will undertake in the near future. He acknowledged the contribution of all donors and expressed his gratitude to them.

Ln. V.S. Shanthavadhan, Treasurer, Bangalore Speech and Hearing Trust, reminded the audience of the humble beginnings of the Institute and its growth thereafter.

Dr.S.R.C.Memorial Award was conferred on Sri Sathish Manandi, Hon’ble Past President Rotary Bangalore Midtown, Partner, Sri Ram Distributors for his contribution to the Institute.

The Best Alumni Awards instituted by Rtn. Dr. M.S. Venkatesh, for the year were conferred on Mr. Apurva Kumar and Ms. Praveena Davis by Dr. M.S. Venkatesh, Chairman, Dr.S.R.C.ISH.

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All donors including Mr. Krishna Prakaskh, Ln. Srinivas, Ln. V. Ramesh and Sankya Vidya Foundation were felicitated by Chief Guest Sri N. Santhosh Hegde.

Trustees of the Institute including Dr. M.S. Venkatesh, CA. D.L. Suresh Babu, Ln. V.S. Shanthavadhan, Mr. M.K. Dattaraj, Ln. Venkatakrishna Reddy, Ln. V.K. Shanmuga Vel, Sri C.R. Jayachandra Setty, Mr. Vijay Ramaprasad, Ln. P. Pramod Kumar and Ln. V. Shrinivasan were felicitated by Chief Guest Sri N. Santhosh Hegde.

The 1st batch of students of the fellowship program in Cochlear Implant Technology and Re/Habilitation received their certificates of completion from Chief Guest Sri N. Santhosh Hegde.

Students of Dr.S.R.C ISH who excelled in extracurricular activities at the inter-collegiate level were felicitated by Chief Guest Sri N. Santhosh Hegde. Ms. Sarah Spencer was felicitated for wining first place in solo singing in Cresindo 2k19, an inter college competition in Sindhi College. Ms. Helan set a university record for long jump at the Bangalore North University 2nd Annual Intercollegiate Athletics Championship.

Mr. Suresh T., Associate Professor and Research coordinator, BNGRC delivered the vote of thanks for the event that ended with the National Anthem followed by lunch.

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Founder’s Day Celebrations

Awards & Accolades

Sri Sathish Manandi receiving the Dr. S.R.C. Memorial Award 2019

Ms. Praveena Davis (UG: 1997-2000) receiving the Best Alumna Award Instituted by Dr. M.S. Venkatesh

Mr. Apurva Kumar (UG: 1999-2002, PG: 2002-04) receiving the Best Alumnus Award Instituted by Dr. M.S. Venkatesh

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Professional Development Seminar on Neuro-imaging in Speech Language Pathology

The Seminar on “Neuro-imaging in Speech Language Pathology” held on 18th October 2019 was organized by the Dept. of Speech Language Studies of Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing.

The inaugural programme was presided over by Rtn. Dr. M.S. Venkatesh, Chairman, Bangalore Speech and Hearing Trust. Lion V.S. Shanthavadhan, Treasurer, Bangalore Speech and Hearing Trust also attended. Dr. G.R.K. Sarma, Professor of Neurology, St. John’s Medical College & Vice President ACIAN Trust was the Chief Guest, and Dr. B.N. Srikumar, Associate Professor, Dept. of Neurophysiology, NIMHANS & Treasurer, Society for Neuroscience- Bangalore Chapter was the Guest of Honour. Dr. M.N. Nagaraja, C.E.O., Dr. S.R.C.ISH gave the welcome address and Dr. N. Shivashankar, Clinical Director, Dr. S.R.C.ISH delivered an introductory note on the seminar. The Chief Guest and Guest of Honour were honoured by management committee members.

Dr. Anita Reddy, Organizing Secretary & H.O.D. Speech Language Studies delivered the vote of thanks.

A total of 158 delegates attended the seminar; these included 134 graduate and post graduate students, 9 professionals, and 15 staff from Dept. of SLS. Dr. Anita Mahadevan, Professor, Dept. of Neuropathology, NIMHANS, conducted the first session on ‘Human Brain: the inside story’. She discussed the different functions of the human brain and its development. The delegates also had the opportunity to view the anatomical landmarks and structures on brain specimens and relate the same

to the different functions of the brain. Specimens of the developing brain and disordered brain were also shown.

At the end of her talk, Dr. Anita Mahadevan graciously donated a specimen of a human brain to the Dept. of SLS, Dr. S.R.C. ISH. Dr. Sandhya M., Associate Professor, Department of Neuroimaging and Interventional Radiology, NIMHANS, delivered a talk on ‘Neuroimaging techniques in communication disorders’. Her second lecture was titled ‘Neuroimages: What do they reveal?’ Delegates learned to distinguish between CT scan, and T1and T2 MRIs. Neuro-images of various lesions were displayed and explained.

Dr. Faheem, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cognitive Neurosciences, NIMHANS, was the final speaker of the day. His lecture was titled ‘Neuro-imaging correlates of speech and language disorders: Case studies’. He presented the history along with the clinical findings and neuro-images for different cases so that correlations could be made to determine the diagnoses.

The seminar was highly informative, interactive, and entertaining and was also a ‘Green’ event with minimal use of plastic. Delegates received ceramic mugs for use during and after the conference and used pencils instead of pens to take notes; all utensils used were either bio-degradable or reusable to reduce the waste generated from the event.

The seminar was sponsored by the Society for Neuroscience- Bangalore Chapter, NIMHANS.

Dignitaries on the dais from left to right: Dr. N. Shivashankar, Dr. M.N. Nagaraja, Rtn. Dr. M.S. Venkatesh, Dr. G.R.K. Sarma, Dr. B.N. Srikumar, Ln. V.S. Shanthavadhan, Dr. Rashmi Bhat and Dr. Anita Reddy 06

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Professional Development

Felicitation of the Guest of Honour, Dr. B.N. Srikumar

Felicitation of the Chief Guest, Dr. G.R.K. Sarma

Dr. Anita Mahadevan delivering her lecture

Dr. Sandhya M. delivering her lecture

Dignitaries lighting the lamp

Dr. Faheem receiving a token of appreciation from Dr. N. Shivashankar

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Professional Development Faculty Training programme on ‘Teachers Pedagogy’ A Faculty Training programme on ‘Teachers Pedagogy’ was conducted for 2 days on the 12th & 13th of December 2019.

Dr. Jayashee Bhat, Dr. Radheesh Kumar, Dr. Gagan Bajaj & Ms. Malavika A.A., faculty from Kasturba Medical College, Mangalore conducted the same for all the faculty of Dr. S.R.C.I.S.H. It received much appreciation from faculty of the institute.

Resource persons and delegates of the Faculty Training programme ‘Teachers Pedagogy’

Sessions of the Faculty Training programme ‘Teachers Pedagogy’ underway 08

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Professional Development Poster/Paper Presentations

National Date

16.10.2019 to 18.10.2019

Title

Faculty & Students

Audiological Findings in Children with Central Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD)

Ms. Julia K.K. Mr. Sarath D. Das Ms. Megha Sasidharan (HOD Hearing Studies & Assistant Professor)

Contralateral ABR recording in Audiological test battery to Identify Cerebellopontine angle Tumor: A Case Study

Ms. Varsha M. Ms. Vaarsheniee R., Ms. Unnimaya Unnikrishnanan Ms. Rency Mathews (Lecturer) Ms. Megha Sasidharan (HOD Hearing Studies & Assistant Professor)

Outcome measures in Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder with Linear and Non-Linear Hearing Aids using Subjective Tests

Mr. Moses Prasanth P. Mr. Joel Sebastin Mr. Nitin K. Damam (Clinical Supervisor)

Details (Conducted by, lace)

Poster Presentations National Seminar on “Auditory Processing Disorder” AUDICON VI MCHP MAHE Manipal

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Professional Development International

Poster/Oral Presentations at the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), Annual International Convention, 2019 held at Orange County, Orlando Florida, USA from 21/11/2019 to 23/11/2019.

Sl. No. Title

Faculty & Students

1.

Poster presentation on "Knowledge Attitude and Practice towards Dysphagia among speech Pathologist in Indian Scenario A Survey"

2.

Presenting Author: Dr. B.S. Premalatha (Professor) Poster presentation on "Comparison of Acoustic Analysis of Vowels in Children with Co-Author: Ms. Srividya normal hearing Vs With Cochlear Implants" (Assistant Professor, PhD Scholar)

Presenting Author: Dr. B.S. Premalatha (Professor) Co-Author: Ms. Neetha Prakash

3.

Oral technical Seminar – (Research on Head and Neck Oncology Symposium on “Correlation between PSS-HN and Fibre Optic Endoscopy Evaluation of Swallow (FEES) in laryngeal cancer undergoing Organ preservation”

Presenting Author: Ms. Smita Caren Mathias (Senior Speech Swallow Pathologist & Incharge, Narayana Health Group of Hospitals, PhD Scholar) Co-Authors : 1. Dr. B.S. Premalatha (Professor) 2. Dr. Naveen Hedne (Former HOD, Head and neck Oncology, Narayana Health Group of Hospitals Presently Senior Consultant Apollo Proton Center Chennai, Narayana Hrudayalaya)

4.

‘Poster Presentation on Speech Perception Comparison in Children with Cochlear Implants and Normal Hearing using Minimal Pair Test’

Presenting Author Ms. A. Srividya (Assistant Professor, PhD. Scholar), Co-author: Dr. B.S. Premalatha (Professor)

Travel Grants for attending the convention were approved by ICMR and UGC for Ms. A. Srividya and Ms. Smitha Caren Mathias.

Ms. Smita Mathias presenting at the ASHA convention

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Ms. A. Srividya presenting her poster at the ASHA Convention

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Professional Development Dr. B.S. Premalatha was honored as ‘Expert International Delegate’ from the Asian Indian Caucus (AIC) group

by Mr. Prabhu President of AIC USA at the American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), Annual International Convention, 2019 held at Orange County, Orlando Florida, USA.

Ms. Srividya A., was awarded “AIC-International Clinician Recognition Award” and an amount of $250, at the Annual Meeting of Asian Indian Caucus, held on Thursday, Nov., 21st, 2019, during the ASHA convention at Orange County Convention Center, Orlando, FL, USA.

Talks Delivered Date

Title

Faculty Name

Details

22/11/2019 General Guidelines in to Dysphagia Management 23/11/2019

Served as faculty at International conference on surgical Nutrition (ICSN, 2019), Organised Ms. Mereen Rose Babu by The Indian Association for Parenteral and (Asst. Professor) Enteral Nutrition-Bengaluru Regional Centre at Ramaiah Medical Collage, M.S. Ramaiah Nagar, Bengaluru

Medical terminology, patient care procedures, licensing with other team members and challenges faced during bedside assessment and intervention: a SLP perspective

Dr. B.S. Premalatha (Professor)

Served as resource person in the Seminar on Clinical Bedside Assessment and intervention of speech language and swallow disorder.

Conducted by Department of POCD, AIISH, Mysore

Dr. M.N. Nagaraja (CEO)

Chaired a session and delivered a talk at International conference on parenting Deaf & Hard of Hearing children organized by Bala Vidyalaya, Chennai

2/11/2019

Importance of training 19/12/2019 parents of young deaf children

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Professional Development Conferences / Workshops / Seminars Attended Date

Title

Organized by

Delegates

16/10/2019 to 18/10/2019

Department of Speech and Hearing National Seminar on “Auditory Processing Disorder: Manipal Academy of An Update” AUDICON VI Higher Education

Mr. Nitin K. Damam (Clinical Supervisor)

20/10/2019

Workshop on “Pediatric Assistive Technology”

Rehamo

Ms. Radhika Prabhakar (Physiotherapist)

KIMS Hospital, Secunderabad

Ms. Kausalya Sahani (Lecturer) Ms. Vaishali Prabhu (Clinical Supervisor)

Pre-conference workshop on “Treatment for Oral and Pharyngeal Dysphagia; What Principles and evidence support it?”

American Speech and Hearing Association (ASHA), Annual International Convention, 2019held at Orange County, Orlando Florida, USA

Dr. B.S. Premalatha (Professor) Ms. Smita Caren Mathias (PhD Scholar)

Workshop on “Autism Spectrum Disorder”

Rainbow Children’s Hospital Marathahalli

Ms. Radhika Prabhakar (Physiotherapist)

RCI-CRE Conference on 1/11/2019 to Medical Speech Language 2/11/2019 Pathology in Acute Care

20/11/19

15/12/2019

Talks / Workshops / Trainings conducted in the Institute: As part of celebrations for Alternative & Augmentative Communication Awareness month, the Department of Speech Language Studies conducted an hour long talk on 10th October, 2019 on “Use of Alternative Augmentative Communication”.

Mrs. Smrithy Rajesh (Special Educator) delivered a beautiful and inspiring talk on ‘My Special Journey with Advaith’. She is the mother of Advaith, a child diagnosed with inadequate speech and language skills associated with ASD and ADHD”.

She shared her journey which included accepting a special child, enrolling him in various intervention programs, working as a co-therapist, and adapting AAC technology (AVAZ) to improve her child’s communicative skills.

On 9/10/2019, Mr. Ram Subramanian from Kuwait delivered a talk on Vestibular Assessment. This was attended by the 3rd year BASLP and 2nd year M.Sc. Audiology and MASLP students along with the staff of the department of Hearing Studies.

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Professional Development On 27-12-2019, Department of Speech Language Studies, Dr SRCISH, invited Dr. Javad Anjum from University of Mary, USA to deliver an hour long talk on “Procedures to be followed for pursuing PhD Abroad”. He motivated and addressed Post Graduate students regarding the same.

On 19/11/2019, Mr. Sashti Kumar from Cochlear India gave hands-on Training on BAHA to the staff of Department of Hearing Studies.

Events & Celebrations World Disability Day

On account of World Disability Day on 3rd December 2019, the Institute offered free Speech and Hearing Screening from 2nd December to 7th December 2019.

A talk on “Empowering the Hearing and Speech Impaired for Jobs in the IT sector” was delivered by Mr. Shiva Jaygopal, Founder Chairman of WinVinaya Foundation. As per this year’s theme, “The future is accessible”, the talk focused on removing obstacles that stand in the way of the progress of people with disability especially those of persons with hearing impairment in the field of IT sector.

Fellowship Programme Ms. Suhasini, Mr. M. Ansari, Ms. Shilpa Pandit, Ms. Roshin, and Ms. Shruti G.S., the 2nd batch of students of the fellowship programme on “Speech and Swallowing Rehabilitation following Head and Neck Cancer Treatment”, (Department of Speech and Language Studies, Dr. SRCISH) completed the programme and the 3rd batch is scheduled to begin in January, 2020.

Course Director : Dr. M.N. Nagaraja (CEO, Dr. SRCISH) Course Coordinator : Dr. B.S. Premalatha (Professor, Speech Language Studies, Dr. SRCISH) Faculty from Dept. of Head & Neck Cancer, Kidwai Cancer Hospital •Dr. Rajasekhar, HOD & Professor •Dr. Siddappa, Associate Professor •Dr. Krishnappa, Professor •Dr. P. Chavan, Associate Professor Contact: Dr. B.S. Premalatha •Mob: 98452 76134

News from College Office • RCI Inspections for MASLP, BASLP and PGDAVT courses were conducted on 21st & 22nd October 2019.

Dr. Goswami S.P., Professor from AIISH Mysore and Mr. Suman Kumar, Lecturer from AYJNIH Kolkata conducted the Inspection. The following permissions were accorded: a) MASLP for two academic sessions (2019-20 to 2020-21) with intake of 20 candidates, b) BASLP for two academic sessions (2020-21 to 2021-22) with intake of 40 candidates and c) PGDAVT for two academic sessions (2020-21 to 2021-22) with intake of 10 candidates • The RCI - recognized Post Graduation Diploma in Auditory Verbal Therapy began in this quarter. 3 out of the 5 available seats have been filled.

• The Governing Council meeting was conducted on November 13, 2019 • PhD Inspection from Bengaluru North University was conducted on 14th December 2019. A team of 5 inspectors headed by Prof. Siddegowda, Vice Chancellor of Tumkur University, and including Dr. Ashok, former HOD Psychology Department, Bangalore University and Dr. Manjula R., Subject Expert from JSS College, Mysore inspected the Institute.

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Updates from B. N. Gupta Research Centre During this quarter BNGRC was involved in a host of research and collaboration activities.

An MoU was signed with Rajiv Gandhi Institute of Technology (RGIT) for facilitating collaboration for academic and research activities. Accordingly, meetings were arranged and 2 project proposals resulted from this collaboration. These 2 projects were uploaded to the DST (Department of Science and Technology) portal.

As per the MoU with Siddhaganga Institute of Technology (SIT), meetings were arranged at Dr.SRCISH. The outcome of these meetings was 2 project proposals which were uploaded to the DST portal.

A total of 5 projects were uploaded to the DST portal on 31st October, 2019 - 2 projects in collaboration with RGIT, 2 with SIT and 1 from Dr. SRCISH. Publication has become a part of BNGRC. The process of bringing out a Journal of Hearing Language and Speech is in place. The issue of 2019 is ready and in press. It will be published soon. There are many articles and some compendiums in the issue. It will be one of the few journals in India on the subject of speech and hearing.

Updates from Outreach Unit Date

Place

Organizer

Tested

Referred

October 2019 2/10/19

Book Exhibition stall at Palace ground

Camp unit

5

Nil

3/10/19

Epidemic disease Hospital, Indiranagar

Dr. Thippeswamy

36

12

3/10/19

5

–

4/10/19

6

–

5

–

8

2

7/10/19

12

1

8/10/19

6

1

5/10/19 6/10/19

Book Exhibition Stall at Palace Ground

Camp Unit

13/10/19

Yalechanahalli

Lion. Shiva Kumar

39

22

20/10/19

Manjunathnagar

Mr. Suresh

31

26

20/10/19

Nandini Layout

Lion. Shiva Kumar

50

35

November 2019 1/11/19

Kammagondanahalli

Lion. Shiva Kumar

52

34

17/11/19

Vibhuthipura

Lion. Shiva Kumar

78

66

16/11/19

Laggere

Mr. Geethesh, BGS Global Institute of Medical science

32

25

17/11/19

Basaweshwaranagar

Mr. Suresh

25

16

19/11/19

131

96

20/11/19

76

48

137

120

22/11/19

82

66

28/11/19

245

192

21/11/19

Nekar Colony Govt. School

Rotary Mid Town

December 2019 12/12/19

Shettyhalli

Lion. Deepak Kumar

38

12

15/12/19

Prakashnagar

Mr. Suresh, Lions Club of Bangalore

120

98

Lions Club of Indiranagar

214

165

Lion. Gopinathan

280

148

Lions Club of Bangalore East

23

14

18/12/19 19/12/19 20/12/19 14

Vimanapura Mahavedapura

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Updates from Outreach Unit

Camp held at Kammagondanahalli

Camp held at Nekar Colony Govt. School

Camp held at Shethyhalli

Camp held at Shethyhalli

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Updates from Auditory Verbal Therapy Unit Diwali

Children who attend auditory verbal therapy celebrated Diwali on 24/10/2019. A brief description about Diwali was given to the children with the help of videos and they were encouraged to help with the related rituals. Sweets were distributed to all. The children also had a fun time bursting crackers in the playground.

Children’s Day

On 13th of November, Children’s Day was celebrated. Children’s and their parents participated in different activities like colouring, craft, musical chairs, and vegetable carving. Prizes for participation were distributed and a cake in was cut.

Updates from Sunaad School

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Updates from Sunaad School This has been an eventful quarter for Sunaad School.

Functions of the school and students performance were regulated by parent-teacher meetings.

Competitions

An inter-house ‘Rangoli’ competition was organized on 23rd October 2019 for students from classes 1st to 10th.

A ‘Collage’ competition was organized; all students from pre-school to Std10th participated and prizes were distributed to the students Department for Empowerment of Differently-abled and Senior Citizens organized sports, drawing, and dance competitions at Kanteerava stadium, Bangalore in the last week of Nov. 2019 to mark “World Disabled Day”.

Differently abled children from all over Karnataka attended the event. Students of Sunaad School participated in the various events and won 25 medals in total.

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Updates from Sunaad School Training

Life Skills for Adolescence (SFA): Sunaad School started a life skills training program for adolescents for classes from 5th to 10th students from 30th November onwards. This will help young learners to make informed decisions, solve problems, think creatively and critically, communicate effectively, build healthy relationship, empathize with others, cope with challenges, and manage their lives in a healthy and productive manner.

On 19th Oct 2019, Sunaad school teachers completed a course on ‘Basics of Computers’ conducted by Cognizant and certificates for the same were issued to all teachers.

Celebrations

Children’s Day was celebrated on Nov 14th to celebrate the birthday of our first Prime Minister, Pandit Nehru. Teachers enacted some incidents of Nehru’s life and gave a short description of his life. It was an enjoyable as well as a learning experience for the children.

Christmas was celebrated in Sunaad School before the holidays. A crib was made and ‘Santa Claus’ visited the centre much to the delight of all the children. A Greeting Card competition was organized on the 31st of December.

On 11th December 2019, Yuva Bangalore Trust, Malleshram, Bangalore, organized a program called “Sky Park Planetarium”, a mobile planetarium, a dome theater to show a wonderful word of stars, planets and phases of moon, the solar system, the galaxies, Milky Way, constellations, their origin and much more. This was an educative program for children; children enjoyed it thoroughly and high school children got a chance to interact with the scientist.

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Updates from Sunaad School Visitors

18th Oct. 2019 - Members of Lions Club Bangalore Lady Birds District.

14th Dec. 2019 - The Vice Chancellor of Tumkur University.

Post graduate students from Azim Premji University, BEd students from All India Institute of Speech and Hearing and Cauvery B.Ed College also visited Sunaad School.

Free Hearing Aid Distribution

On 19th Dec 2019, Soroptomist International donated 7 pairs of hearing aids for Sunaad school children.

Updates from Sign Language Unit In the final quarter of 2019, the sign language classes for the Diploma students of special education classes (HI) began.

Students who were completing the course passed with flying colours.

One student, a dentist by profession, joined the functional sign language course as she wanted to able to meet a wider range of people; she was very delighted to learn that she could sign well and could have a career in sign language interpretation.

2nd year B.Ed students of Sri Kongadiyappa College of Education (B.Ed) Doddaballapura, Bangalore Rural visited the unit as part of their curriculum (prescribed by Bangalore University). A deafness sensitization program was also held for them which helped clear many misconceptions about deafness, sign language, and hearing aids. They actively participated in the question time which was very interactive.

The highlight of the quarter was the visit of film director, Mr. Rathan for the movie he is making on Deaf people not limited by their handicap. The lead actress of the film, Ms. Divya, felt greatly privileged to play this role. She enthusiastically practised the dialogues and recorded them.

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Celebrations

Gandhi Jayanthi was celebrated on October 1st. Children, mothers, and staff offered floral tributes to Mahatma Gandhi and sang Meera Bhajan. Children were briefed about Gandhiji’s contribution during the freedom fight.

On October 4th, dolls were arranged on account of Dussehra festival. Mothers performed aarti to all girl children and sweets and gifts were distributed to them.

On 24th October, children along with their mothers were taken to G.K.V.K. for a field trip (‘Krishimela’) Children were told about various crops, vegetables and tools used in agriculture, different types of manure, irrigation models, etc. Children were given information about farmers and farming activities.

On October 31st, Sardar Vallabhai Patel’s birthday was celebrated (National integration day). Dr. M.N. Nagaraja, CEO, was the chief guest. He offered a floral tribute to Sardar Vallabhai Patel and Indira Gandhi, former Prime Minister. He addressed mothers and explained about a parent’s role in training children with hearing loss.

On November 11th, sports were conducted for children on account of Children’s day. On November 14th Children’s Day was celebrated. Dr. Rashmi J. Bhat was the chief guest. She offered a floral tribute to Jawaharlal Nehru, Former Prime Minister and distributed prizes for the winners of sports. Prizes were sponsored by the staff of the centre.

On November 19th, the birthday of Smt. Indira Gandhi, Former Prime Minister of India, was celebrated at the centre. Staff, mothers, and children offered floral tributes to her. Mrs. Mamatha explained about Smt. Indira Gandhi’s contribution for the development of the country and the programmes she implemented for the upliftment of poor people.

On October 25th, Deepavali festival was celebrated at the centre. Lakshmi Pooja was performed and a special dish ‘kajjaya’ was prepared. Dr. Rashmi Bhat, Principal Dr.SRCISH attended the celebration, wished mothers, and children, and distributed sweets.

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On December 1st, Mrs. Rathna B. Shetty and Mrs. Mamatha attended the programme organized by Udgam Trust at Kanika Parameshwari Temple, Rajajinagar. Both of them spoke about the use of hearing aids as well as basic training to be imparted to the children after fitting the hearing aids.

On December 24th Christmas was celebrated. A beautiful crib was made and was decorated with colorful balloons.

Christmas cake was cut and carols were sung. Santa Claus visited the centre and distributed gifts and sweets to the children.

On December 6th, Dr. Ambedkar’s Parinirvana day was observed at MTC. Mothers and children offered floral tributes to Dr. B.R. Ambedkar.

On 19th and 20th of December, Mrs. Rathna B. Shetty attended the International Conference on Parenting Deaf and Hard of Hearing Children organized by Bala Vidyalaya, Chennai on account of their golden jubilee celebration. Mrs. Rathna Shetty presented a paper on her journey in the field of rehabilitation of children with hearing impairment.

The book written by Mrs. Ratna B. Shetty (kivudu makkalige kalisuva vidhaana) has been notified by ICMR as a reference book in management of hearing impairment, in pediatric age group of 0 to 12 years.

Physiotherapy Unit

- Facilities Available

Ultrasound, Massage, IFT, Wax Therapy, CPM, Stimulation & TENS

- Conditions including

• Low Back Ache • Cervical Spondylosis • Knee Pain (Arthritis) • Shoulder Injuries • Stroke and other Neurological conditions • Pediatric conditions like Cerebral Palsy, Erb Palsy etc.

• Occupational Therapy also available.

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Updates from Psychology Unit A Mental Health Program was organized on the 25th of October for the parents of the ASD school children. The program focused on mindfulness and positive affirmation.

Parents were given a few activities during the program to boost their self-esteem and self-confidence. Guided meditation was also conducted which helped parents reduce their stress levels and relax their minds. Parents were given roses with a written positive thought attached.

Celebrations

Children’s Day was celebrated in the Psychology Unit on the 13th of November. Children dressed up and/or made charts related to the theme of Nature (Air, Water, Fire etc.) and presented information about it. They also showcased their talents of singing and playing the guitar after which the best performer was rewarded. Books and chocolates were distributed to all students by Mrs. Alphonsa Joseph, Head of Psychology Unit. Children’ Day was celebrated in the Comm DEALL Unit as well, on the 14th of November. Children wore colourful clothes and received gifts of handmade photo frames and chocolates.

Dasara celebrations were organized by parents of the children of Comm DEALL on 4th of October. Books and therapy materials were decorated with rangoli, banana shoots etc. Principal Dr. Rashmi Bhat distributed gifts to the children of Comm DEALL. Sweets were been distributed to staff of the Institute by the parents.

Diwali was celebrated on 25th of October in the Psychology Unit by ASD & NIOS School children. The Unit was decorated with rangoli and diyas. Diyas were lit by the staff and children with the help of their parents. Sweets and handmade greeting cards prepared by children of the ASD School were given to the children and roses were given to the parents.

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Updates from Psychology Unit Christmas was celebrated on 19/12/19 with the NIOS and ASD school children.

A small crib prepared by the NIOS school children was displayed. Children partipated in a small christmas play and carol singing. Cake was distributed to all after the celebration.

SASH Corner In the month of October-2019, indoor sports events were conducted at Dr. S.R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing by Students Association of Speech and Hearing (SASH). Students from the Bachelors and Masters programmes participated with great enthusiasm and sportsmanship in the events which included table tennis, badminton, carrom, chess, skipping, darts, and arm wrestling.

Ms. Helan Tomy (2nd BSLPA) bagged the 1st prize in the Long Jump event for Women and set the Bangalore North University record in the Bangalore North University Athletic Meet – (2019-2020), an Inter-college Athletic Championship Meet held at the Sports School, Vidyanagar Stadium in the 1st week of November.

Students and staff of Dr. S.R.C.I.S.H. got together to put up a Christmas Play on 19.12.2019. The play titled “The reason for the season” included carol singing and was followed by games and distribution of Christmas cake.

On 20th and 21st of November, students of Dr.SRCISH participated in many events including a quiz, collage making, mehendi, rangoli, painting, debate, and photography in the cultural festival ‘Uttarothsava’ held at Kristhu Jayanthi College. They competed against 43 colleges and bagged the first runner-up trophy which they received from the Chancellor of Bangalore North University.

Mr. Ram Subramanium

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“This institute is my Alma Mater and I have always had a special attachment to it. I sincerely wish for more research activities to happen and sincerely wish for ISH to get PhD recognition soon.

All the Best!!!!”

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Client Statistics Department of Hearing Studies: Cases Seen

Auditory Verbal Therapy Unit: Sessions Taken

Speech Diagnostics Unit: Clients Seen

Speech Therapy Unit: Sessions Seen

Psychology Unit: Number of Sessions

Physiotherapy Unit: Number of Sessions

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Facts, Thoughts & Musings

When will my child with hearing impairment be ready for school? understood. Mathematics becomes This is a common question an difficult as it involves abstract concepts. audiologist faces during his career. Can any child just join school at appropriate The following are few expected skills age levels? School demands a different that a child entering school should have, set of skills than those needed in The author the home environment. Not being 1. Understand concept of counting, Dr. Rashmi J. Bhat equipped with the necessary abilities sorting and organizing, concept of Principal to cope with the demands of school Dr. S. R. Chandrasekhar Institute shape and size, writing numbers up to 10. will hinder overall development of the of Speech and Hearing child. Thus the audiologist needs to 2. Should be able to concentrate on a help parents understand the necessity task for a minimum of 10 minutes. of developing preparedness/readiness before the child enters school.

3. Health, physical development, emotional wellbeing, social competence (plays with others, listens, gets along School readiness involves those skills that allow children and cooperates, follows simple rules and routines), to participate easily and effectively in formal classroom ability to dress independently, approaches to learning, settings. Research shows that early communication skills, communication skills, cognition, and general knowledge literacy, attention and mathematical skills play a major are the other areas. role in easing typically developing children into the school. The child has to move away from a comfortable, Early exposure and experience are crucial for school familiar, informal family setting to an unknown territory readiness. How quickly children adapt to the shift from that has rules, timings, and activities. He has to deal with a safe home environment to the formal school setting unfamiliar elders as well as peers. In addition, he should is a transition period which may need to be supported. be able to attend to an activity continuously and to express Parents, child, school, and community –all have a role his needs and ideas in sentences. As the child gets out of to play in this transition. The programs which prepare his comfort zone, his emotional balance, his ability to be children for school entry will incorporate all activities that have taken place in the home setting and elaborate independent of family, and his learning methods will help on those. They may create many opportunities to explore him cope with the new challenges to be faced every day. and learn. Focus will be on the “do and learn” method He becomes a team member, and thus knowing how to rather than instruction based activity. Repeated exposure share and care becomes a necessity. to the concept within a naturalized context will make this Studies have shown a delay in school readiness for children process more relevant. with hearing impairment. This has been attributed to late identification, late device fitting, and delayed intervention.

Family background, socio economic status, parent education levels as well as motivation appear to play a role too. Since access to language is limited, children with hearing impairment may have restricted expressive and receptive vocabulary. There is also a tendency to develop concrete concepts. This will lead to poor reading abilities when increasingly complex texts are to be read and

To go back to the question we started with, a time period for readiness cannot be specified. However, in case of children with hearing impairment, early identification and intervention are paramount. The Mother’s training unit at Dr.S.R.C.ISH promotes preparedness during the three-year training period. It ensures that children learn to interact in a group, follow rules, and develop general knowledge, basic number skills which allow children with hearing impairment to enter regular schooling.

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Donors During this Quarter

Dr. P.S. Maiya

ENT Surgeon, Bangalore 19

Mr. R. Nanda Kumar & Dr. R. Indrani Basavanagudi, Bangalore 04

Grants from Govt. of Karnataka

Received Rs.22,03,000/- under Child Centric Grant

Lion M. Srinivas, PDG, District 317E, donated 10 desktops and 5 laptop computers to Dr. SRCISH

soroptimist International

Donated Rs.2,57,600/- to Sunaad School for Hearing Impaired

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News Clippings

Prajawani • 14-11-2019 Vysyaprabha • 1-12-2019

Indian Express • 16-12-2019

Our sincere thanks to all the Hospitals/Doctors/ENT Surgeons for their trust

Dr. Arfath Ahamed Khan, MBBS, DFH, FCIP Park View Clinic, 137, St. John’s Church Road Near Coles, Bangalore 05 •Mob: 80507 65888 Priocare, 3C-989, 9th Main, 1st Block, HRBR L/o Bangarpet, Next to Oriental Bank of Commerce Bangalore 43 •Mob: 91087 26637 Dr. Yasin S. Subhan, MBBS, MS, ENT, Cratis Hospital 4/1, Hennur Main Road, Gaddallahalli, Kothanur PO Bangalore 77 •Ph: 2844 4733 Dr. Basharat Nadeem, MBBS, MS,DHB, MHAMS, Consultation ENT Surgeon, Bangalore ENT Care Centre, 46, 1ST Cross, Nehrunagar, Seshadripuram Bangalore 20 •Mob: 97395 85535 Church of South India Hospital, Post Bag No.4 Hazarath Kambal Posh Road, Bangalore 51 •Ph: 2286 1103

Dr. Suneetha B., MBBS, DLO, ENT Surgeon Suma Clinic, #108, Harish Reddy Building (Near Hotel Balaji), Udayanagar Main Road Behind Tin Factory, Bangalore 16 Avhieta Hospital & Health Care, 280/1, Byrathi Cross Bagalur Main Road, Bangalore 77 •Ph: 2846 5145 Dr. Vinu N., Bangalore Fetal Medicine Centre, 327/328 HAL 2nd Stage, Indiranagar, Bangalore 38 •Mob: 94488 94219 Sri Krishna Children Clinic, 3rd Cross, Nandavanan T.G. Extension, Hoskote 562 114 •Mob: 97401 09891 Kareem ENT & Multi speciality Centre 53, 3rd Cross, 9th ‘A’ Main, BTM Layout, 1st Stage Bangalore 29 •Mob: 91411 31204 Dr.K.Prasad Basri, MBBS MS (ENT) DLO ENT Clinic, 1st Floor, Radha Building Malleshwaram Circle, Bangalore 03 •Ph: 2334 7730 Dr. Yunus Saleem M.H., Tekal Health Care, 28/1 Haines;s Road, Beside A.K.S, Convention Centre Coles Park, Bangalore •Mob: 96116 14949 Dr. Jagdish Chinnappa, M.D. Pediatrics Child Central, 717/1, 16th Main, 6th ‘B’ Cross, Koramangala, 3rd Block, Bangalore 34 •Mob: 98807 86427 Sri Ram Hospital, 107/2, Nishvasaha Centre Opp. Traffic Police, Old Madras Road, KR Puram Bangalore 36 •Ph: 2561 0988 Dr. Geetha Mohankrishna, MBBS, DGO Mathruchaya Hospital, 6th Cross Road Robertsonpet, KGF 563 122 •Mob: 9199027 85364

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Visitors @ ISH

Honouring of Justice N. Santhosh Hegde

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Sri Subrahamanya being greeted by Justice N. Santhosh Hegde

Prof. Y.S. Siddegowda, Vice-Chancellor, Tumkur University being greeted by Dr. M.S. Venkatesh

Ph.D. inspection by Bangalore North University team

UGC inspection team

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Visitors @ ISH

Signing and exchange of MOU between Dr.SRC Institute and JSS Institute

RCI inspection team

Donors

Dr. M.S. Venkatesh, Chairman, BSHT being honoured

Sri Srinidhi, Sankya Vidya Foundation being honoured

Lion G. Srinivas being honoured

Mr. Krishnaprakash being honoured

Lion Ramesh being honoured

Sri CA D.L. Suresh Babu, Secretary, BSHT being honoured

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Honouring the Trustees

Lion V.V. Krishna Reddy, Trustee, BSHT being honoured

Lion V. Shanthavadan, Treasurer, BSHT being honoured

Lion M.K. Dattaraja, Trustee, BSHT being honoured

Lion Shanmughavel, Trustee, BSHT being honoured

Sri Jayachndra Setty, Trustee, BSHT being honoured

Sri Ramaprasad, Trustee, BSHT being honoured

Lion Srinivasan, Trustee, BSHT being honoured

Sri Manohar being honoured

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Other News

Ms. Helan Tomy being felicitated for setting the Bangalore North University record for Long Jump

Mr. Kuberon Raj Ms. Reshma M.Y. Administrative Asst.

Asst. Librarian

Ms. Sarah Spencer being felicitated for winning the first prize in Solo Singing at an inter college competition

Mr. Satish Driver

After almost 2 decades we bid adieu to Ms. Lovely George who has undertaken multiple roles including administrator, hostel warden, and librarian during her time of service. We wish them both the best for the future.

We bid farewell to Ms. Mufeeda Khatheeja who served as Junior Clinical Supervisor in the department of Speech Language Studies for a year.

Ms. Mufeeda Khatheeja

Mrs. Lakshmi

Ms. Lovely George