Aims and objectives

• To generate quality manpower at Diploma, Graduate, Post-graduate, Doctoral, and Post-Doctoral levels in the field of speech-language pathology.
• To conduct basic and applied research at par with global standards in the field of communication sciences and disorders.
• To develop clinical resources for public and professional use.
• To contribute to clinical care and quality of life of persons with various speech, language, and hearing disorders.
• To contribute to awareness programs conducted for public and professionals.

Faculty Members / Staff

Photo	Name
	Dr. Swapna N Professor of Speech Pathology & Head Ph Off : 0821-2502851 Email: swapna@aiishmysore.in
	Dr. S. P. Goswami Professor of Speech Pathology & Coordinator – Centre for Speech and Language Disorders in Children, Adults, and Senior Citizens Ph Off : 2502850 Email: goswami16@aiishmysore.in
	Dr. Jayashree C. Shanbal Professor of Language Pathology & Head -Department of Special Education Ph Off : 2502849 Email: jshanbal@aiishmysore.in
	Dr. Brajesh Priyadarshi Associate Professor in Linguistics Ph Off : 2502847 Email: brajesh@aiishmysore.in
	Dr. Amoolya G. Assistant Professor in Speech Pathology & Coordinator – AYUSH Outreach Unit Ph Off : 0821-2502818 Email: amoolya.girish@aiishmysore.in
	Dr. Divya Seth Assistant Professor in Speech Pathology Ph Off : 0821-2502890 Email: divyaseth@aiishmysore.in

Activities

A) TEACHING AND TRAINING

The faculty of the department are involved in teaching various courses in the following academic programs:

• Doctoral and Post-doctoral program in Speech Language Pathology, Speech and Hearing, and Linguistics
• M.Sc in Speech - Language Pathology (M.Sc SLP)
• M.Sc in Audiology (M.Sc Aud)
• M.S.Ed in Hearing Impairment (M. S.Ed. (HI)
• Bachelors in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (B.A.SLP)
• B.S.Ed in Hearing Impairment (B.S.Ed (HI)
• Diploma in Hearing, Language & Speech (through distance mode) (DHLS)
• Diploma in Early Childhood Special Education
• (Hearing Impairment) (DECSE [HI])

They also are involved in providing guidance to students for journal clubs, clinical conferences, master’s dissertation, and research papers in the area of speech language pathology and linguistics.

Each year, the department organizes a range of seminars, workshops, and training programs to enhance and update the professional knowledge of practitioners in the field. In addition, short-term training initiatives are offered specifically for postgraduate ENT students from medical colleges, as well as for other rehabilitation professionals.

List of Workshop/Seminar

B) CLINICAL ACTIVITIES AND SPECIAL UNITS

Speech-language Pathology is one of the two major branches of Speech and Hearing. The faculty of the department are routinely involved in evaluation, diagnosis, counselling, and management of persons with various communication disorders. Evaluation of communication disorders includes a detailed assessment of clients with speech problems (such as phonology, fluency, and voice disorders), language problems (such as developmental language disorder, intellectual disability, cerebral palsy, and aphasia) and related disorders (such as swallowing and oral motor difficulties). A battery of appraisal procedures, starting from case history to assessment through special tests (i.e., Speech-Language Diagnostic Tests), is used to arrive at a diagnosis. Counselling and guidance services are also provided to clients and their families on various issues related to the evaluation and management of individuals with communication disorders on a regular basis.

The staff/faculty of the department are members of various specialized clinical units to provide specialized assessment and management of the concerned communication disorders. The main goal of these specialized units is to provide effective communication on a day-to-day, individualised basis to the concerned section of clients.  Department members contribute significantly to these special clinical units, with faculty appointed to various roles as detailed in the table below.

C) RESEARCH

Department faculty are actively involved in a broad range of research activities such as projects, publications, resource development, and reviewer/supervisory roles. The intramural research projects are supported by the AIISH Research Fund, while the extramural funding is obtained from agencies such as the Department of Science and Technology (DST) and the Indian Council for Medical Research (ICMR). The department faculty have also signed MoUs with other universities to advance collaborative research. All faculty members have research publications in peer-reviewed national and international journals. They have also published book chapters and monographs. Further, they are engaged in developing resources such as checklists, test materials, and intervention manuals and modules for the assessment and management of individuals with communication disorders, and have obtained 5 copyrights for the same.

 Faculty members routinely attend conferences/workshop/seminars and disseminate their research through presentations at national and international forums. They also serve as editorial board members and reviewers for national and international journals, as well as for conferences and seminars. Furthermore, they supervise student research at the doctoral and master’s levels and mentor short-term research projects. Faculty of the department also serve in various capacities on the research advisory committee at other universities.

D) PUBLIC EDUCATION

Faculty members at the Department of Speech-Language Pathology are involved in public awareness activities by serving as resource persons for awareness programs (within and outside institute), Facebook live phone-in programs, as well as radio talks. They are also involved in developing e-material for the institute YouTube channel as well as the Mission Karmayogi portal of the government of India. Further, the faculty members have also contributed to the development of public education materials such as pamphlets and manuals in English as well as various regional languages. The department faculty/staff are also involved in screening camps and public awareness activities such as street plays and walkathons.

Resources and Infrastructure

Equipment Available
•    Artificial Larynx
•    Delayed Auditory Feedback System (DAF – 1000)
•    Facilitator (3500)
•    Fo-Indicator
•    PG-20 Subglottal Extrapolation system
•    S-Indicator
•    16-channel wireless Electromyography
•    Articulograph AG 500 & AG501
•    Computerized Speech lab
•    Wave speech research system

Software/E-learning resources
•    Motor Speech Profile (MSP) (5141)
•    Multidimensional Voice Profile (MDVP) (5105)
•    Voice Range Profile (VRP)
•    Electroglottograph (EGG)
•    Applied Speech Science for Dysarthrias (5153)
•    Simulation of Respiration, Phonation and Prosody (5152)
•    Speech Articulation: Animation of muscle vectors (5154)
•    Applied Speech Science for Voice and Resonance disorders (5156)
•    Neuroscience for Human Communication (5155)
•    Ling waves
•    SWORD (Version 40000)
•    Lexicon (Version 30000)
•    React - 2
•    Vox Games (30500)
•    SALT 18 Research
•    E-Prime
•    Cogmed

Test Materials & Intervention Manuals

List of Test Materials & Intervention Manuals
 

Facilities

The department has two specialized laboratories where research activities are carried out by faculty, doctoral research fellows, staff and students (under the guidance of faculty) on various topics including speech, language, and communication disorders in children and adults. Multidisciplinary focus in research is given more importance. The laboratory facilities in the department include:

Speech-Language Pathology Laboratory

This laboratory is equipped with state-of-the-art instruments to conduct a wide range of experiments assessing various aspects of speech, language, and cognition. Other resources such as behavioural tests are also available for research and reference purposes. The laboratory is equipped with instruments and software to analyze speech and language among both the neurotypicals as well as those with various communication and cognitive disorders. These tests are used for research and training purposes.

Articulograph laboratory

This laboratory is equipped with equipment, namely Articulograph AG 500 and Articulograph AG 501, for tracking the movement of articulators during speech production. This equipment is used extensively for kinematic research studies.

Eye-tracking Laboratory (i-lab):

This is the most recent addition to the infrastructure of the department of speech-language pathology. The lab houses high precision equipments for eye-tracking that can generate focus maps, heat maps and eye trails. It is the research site for many student dissertations and projects related to reading and its pro[N1] cessing.

Research activities and Outputs

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