Spandita H L

Assistant Professor

Department of Speech and Hearing

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Anatomy and Physiology of Hearing First year/ first semester
Pediatric Audiology Third year/ fifth semester
Aural Rehabilitation in Children Third year/ fifth semester

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
Bachelor of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology Speech and Hearing JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, M. G. Road, Mysore 2019
M.Sc. in Audiology Audiology Manipal College of Health Professions, MAHE, Manipal 2021
Phd in Audiology Audiology All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore 2025

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
JSS Institute of Speech and Hearing, Dharwad Clinical Audiologist • Clinical Diagnostic and Rehabilitative Audiology • Hearing aid programming/ trials/ prescription/ fitting • Clinical teaching for UG students • Consulting patients with hearing disorders. 05-08-2021 to 07-04-2022
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore Junior Research Fellow • Clinical Research on Diagnostic and Rehabilitative Audiology • Hearing aid programming/trials/prescription/fitting • Research guiding and Clinical teaching for UG and PG students • Consulting patients with hearing disorders. • Ongoing Doctoral Research in Treatment of Children with Central Auditory Processing Disorders. 08-04-2022 to 07-04-2025

Awards

1.   Best paper award for the paper entitled “Validation of A Low-Cost, Portable Pure-Tone Audiometer” in Audiology, Oral category in the “International Conference on Communication Disorders and Audiological Practices-ICCAP 2022” conducted at National Institute of Speech and Hearing, Trivandrum from 15th to 17th September 2022

2.    Best paper award for the paper entitled “Effect of Age on Binaural Interaction Abilities Measured using Binaural Fusion Test” in Audiology, Oral category in the 16 th National Level Conference of Indian Speech Language & Hearing Association - Kerala State Branch, conducted at Kochi from 30-11-2024 & 01-12-2024.

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

• Hearing assessment and management • Central Auditory Processing Disorders assessment and management • Hearing aid selection and fitting • Tinnitus assessment and management

Area of Expertise

• Hearing assessment and management • Central Auditory Processing Disorders assessment and management • Hearing aid selection and fitting

Area of Research

• Hearing assessment and management • Central Auditory Processing Disorders assessment and management

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

Rehabilitation council of India: A79975

Indian Speech-Language and Hearing Association: L21123937