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Department of Speech and Hearing

MCHP , Manipal
Health Sciences

The Department of Speech and Hearing launched its undergraduate program in 1992 with basic infrastructure under the Department of ENT and an intake of ten students. In 1999 it became a separate department under the School of Allied Health Sciences, and it has grown steadily since — BASLP intake now stands at 40, with total student strength above 130. The MASLP program followed in 2002 after the installation of Audiology and Speech Science labs of international standards, and two further postgraduate program, M.Sc. (Speech-Language Pathology) and M.Sc. (Audiology), were launched in 2018.

Highlights

  • Graduate, postgraduate, and doctoral level courses in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology, all recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India.
  • Recently accredited "Excellent Performance" by the Rehabilitation Council of India.
  • Specialty clinics established over two decades — laryngectomy rehabilitation, hearing aid and cochlear implants, earmould lab, Neurogenic communication Disorders Unit, and neonatal hearing screening unit.
  • Grants received from ICMR, DST, NCERT, ICSSR, UKRI-GCRF, and the AIISH Research Fund.
  • Research initiatives extend beyond domestic boundaries to collaboration with international agencies.
  • Faculty specialized across neurogenic communication disorders, child language, voice and laryngectomy, and hearing aid and cochlear implants.
  • Faculty development programs and national and international conferences/CRE in ASLP.
  • Fully equipped classrooms, health science library, and clinical laboratories of international standards.
  • Seminar and scientific paper presentations at conferences.
  • Internship training in premier institutions, specialty clinics, and hearing aid industries.
  • Research projects are supported extensively by the Department of Biostatistics.
  • Active involvement in advocating for and advising new entrepreneurs in the field of disability.
  • Extracurricular development through sports, art and craft, music, and other activities.
  • Graduates in demand and given priority placement among leading institutions, hospitals, schools, and companies worldwide — working as speech-language pathologists and audiologists in hospitals, super-specialty neurology, ENT, paediatric and oncology clinics, and rehabilitation centres; as industrial audiologists and in the hearing aid and cochlear implant industries; in private practice; in Defence Systems; in faculty and research positions; and in higher education at international universities, mostly under scholarship schemes.