Hospitals in Gujarat

Audiology & Speech Therapy provides comprehensive speech as well as detailed language diagnostic
evaluations. The Department has highly trained specialists who work together in a superbly equipped
atmosphere and provide a variety of services like speech/ language intervention, cochlear implants and
aural rehabilitation.

Our Audiologist are well trained in prevention, diagnosis, habilitation and rehabilitation of speech,
language, cognitive-communication, voice, swallowing, fluency, and other related disorders.

* HEARING AID TRIAL

It is a scientific procedure by which a hearing aid is selected for a hearing impaired person, using an
eclectic method comprising of both subjective and objective procedures.

* SPEECH THERAPY

Speech therapy is the treatment of speech and communication disorders. The approach used depends
on the disorder. It may include physical exercises to strengthen the muscles used in speech (oral-motor
work), speech drills to improve clarity, or sound production practice to improve articulation.

* POST COCHLEAR IMPLANT REHABILITATION

A cochlear implant (CI) is a surgically implanted electronic device that provides a sense of sound to a
person who is profoundly deaf or severely hard of hearing.

* TYMPANOMETRY

Tympanometry is an examination used to test the condition of the middle ear and mobility of the
eardrum (tympanic membrane) and the conduction bones by creating variations of air pressure in the
ear canal. Tympanometry is an objective test of middle-ear function. It is not a hearing test, but rather a
measure of energy transmission through the middle ear. The test should not be used to assess the
sensitivity of hearing and the results of this test should always be viewed in conjunction with pure tone
eudiometry. Tympanometry is a valuable component of the audiometric evaluation. In evaluating
hearing loss, tympanometry permits a distinction between sensorinueural and conductive hearing loss.

* PURE TONE AUDIOMETRY

Pure tone eudiometry (PTA) is the key hearing test used to identify hearing threshold levels of an
individual, enabling determination of the degree, type and configuration of a hearing loss. This thus
provides the basis for diagnosis and management. PTA is a subjective, behavioral measurement of
hearing threshold, as it relies on patient response to pure tone stimuli.