Message from the Director


Message


All India Institute of Speech and Hearing with its name at birth name as Institute of Logopedics, was instituted on 9 th of August 1965 under the Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Government of India. It was later registered as a Society under the Societies Registration Act XXI of 1860 (Punjab Amendment) Act, 1957 on 10 th October 1966 and is functioning as an autonomous body under the aegis of the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare. The institute has been recognized as a centre of excellence in the area of deafness (WHO), as a centre for advanced research (UGC) and as a Science and Technology Institute (DST).

This premier institute in the area of speech and hearing is recognized for its manpower generation programs, patient care and rehabilitation programs and research. Today, it offers a wide range of courses - certificate courses to Ph. D, covering the areas of Speech, Language, Hearing and Special Education. Apart from offering state of art multidisciplinary diagnostic therapeutic and educational services to individuals with communication disorders of all age groups it has specialty clinics such as Listening Training Unit, AAC Unit, Professional Voice Care Unit and Preschool programs for children with hearing impairment, autism and mental retardation. Facilities for forensic voice analysis are also available. Those trained at this institute have made a name for themselves, both in India and abroad. A wide range of multidisciplinary research on prevention, early identification, intervention strategies for persons with Hearing Impairment and Communication disorders, development of aids and devices, genetics of hearing impairment and speech speaker recognition are some of the frontal areas of research at the institute. The institute has established a research fund of its own from which short-term grants are available to any faculty / consultant working in a Government organization. Specialists in allied fields like neurology, genetics, epidemiology, linguistics, biotechnology, otolaryngology, clinical psychology, neonatology and pediatrics working in government institutions can avail grants from this fund.

Multidisciplinary manpower generation through distance education, public education, dissemination of information, home training programs for children with communication disorders and their parents, and empowerment of mothers / caregivers, through both electronic and print media are other goals to achieve in the forthcoming years.

The service offered by the institute in the area of manpower generation and clinical care have been appreciated by the people of this great country. Help us to achieve more with your suggestions after going through these electronic pages. A special request to the Alumni of the institute to participate in the growth of their ALMA MATER.