About us
The Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology (ASLP) established in the academic year of 2019 under the Faculty of Behavioural Sciences, deals with the normal and pathological communication sciences across the life span. Communication sciences is a broad area covering aspects such as Hearing, Balance, Speech, Language and Scholastic performance. The services offered go beyond the boundaries of pathologies and even assist individuals in excelling in normal communication. The application of this discipline also extends to swallowing related challenges.
The Department of ASLP is standing on the firm foundation with well renowned faculty and technologically strong infrastructure, which is comparable to the international standards.
Our institutions have a great community orientation. Inclusive education is one facet of this focus. Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists form an important fulcrum for inclusivity. However, in India, there is a paucity for these professionals. To meet this demand, SGT started the BASLP course in 2019. The hospital has excellent laboratories, libraries, animal houses, digital medical records, hostels, playgrounds, gymnasium, etc. Our students share all the infrastructural facilities of the College and the Hospital. The Audiology and Speech Language Pathology department is equipped with state-of-the-art instruments and laboratories for clinical and research purposes.
Services offered in the field of speech and language
- Comprehensive Evaluation and treatment are given to patients with all types of speech problems in our department.
- There are two divisions viz. Speech diagnostics and Speech therapy.
- We get our referrals from doctors of other specialties viz. ENT, Paediatrics, Neurology, Clinical Psychology, Psychiatry, Occupational therapy, Physiotherapy, etc.
- We also get referrals from other colleges within the campus viz, Dental, etc. Significantly, we get referrals from private clinics, and service organisations, from far-off regions also. This is a measure of our sustained reputation.
- We encourage ‘walk-in’ patients also and help them in their rehabilitation and empowerment. We also visit various schools in the vicinity, screen the students for speech defects, and empower them. We conduct awareness among the students and the faculty of the schools, about speech preservation.
Speech Diagnostic Services division
This division is situated on the Fourth floor of the hospital building, There are separate cubicles, equipped with various diagnostic test materials also, we have a recording room, with facilities to record and store voice samples, in order to analyse and for monitoring the progress of therapy. Patients admitted in General Medicine, Neurology, Paediatrics and other wards, are referred to us, on a need basis. In the case of patients who are unable to move because of stroke, injury, etc., we visit the concerned wards to impart speech therapy in the wards, themselves. We routinely carry out the following:
- Assessment of Child language disorder
- Voice evaluation using CSL, Dr. Speech, Spirometry
- Bedside evaluation, whenever required
After such evaluation, we plan a therapy schedule, tailored to suit the individual patient. We set the goals for therapy and a timeline. After this, the patients are taken over by our Speech Therapy division.
Speech Therapy Division
This division is also situated on the Fourth Floor of the hospital building, in a relatively quieter area. Separate therapy cabins, equipped with various therapy materials, are available.
We provide speech therapy for children and adults with Autism Spectrum Disorders, ADHD, Cerebral Palsy, Hearing Impairment, Intellectual Disability, Fluency disorders, Feeding & swallowing, etc. Patients are given individual speech therapy. Their progress is monitored critically by our senior faculty.
we ensure adherence to the set goals and the timeline. Group therapy technique is also employed.
For the children, who are unable to come in person, home therapy is afforded. Tele rehabilitation, over the regular phone lines, is also done, in selected and suitable patients.
Parents meeting is regularly conducted every week/fortnight. Thus, the parents are taken aboard the therapy team.
Audiological services offered
We offer comprehensive services in the field of Audiology, across all ages, right from the Newborn to the Elderly.
Evaluation of Hearing problems
The following State-of-the-Art tests are routinely done by us, either free or at highly subsidised rates:
- Pure Tone Audiometry
- Conditioned Play Audiometry
- Behavioural Observation Audiometry
- Visual Reinforcement Audiometry
- Immittance Audiometry
- Auditory Brainstem Response/ BERA
- Oto Acoustic Emission
Newborn Hearing Screening Program
- In the field of Rehabilitation, we carry out the following:
- Hearing aid Trial and Programming
- Hearing aid Analyzing & troubleshooting
- Ear mould making
- Auditory listening training
- Auditory Verbal Therapy for the cochlear implantees
For Admission Enquires
For Enquires, you may visit the Audiology department in the Fourth Floor of the Medical College building in the SGT Budhera campus. or Email us at hod.baslp@sgtuniversity.