When joined Kanad Hospital: October 2024

Areas of Expertise:

• Speech and language disorders across the lifespan
• Pediatric speech and language disorders
• Autism spectrum disorder and developmental language disorders
• Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC)
• Selective mutism
• Cognitive-linguistic and cognitive-communication disorders
• Adult neurological rehabilitation
• Aphasia, apraxia of speech, and dysarthria
• Dysphagia and swallowing rehabilitation
• Neonatal feeding and swallowing
• Auditory-Verbal Therapy
• School-based speech and language intervention
• Parent, caregiver, and teacher education

Training:

• Avaz Certified AAC Professional.
• OPT: Assessment and Program Plan Development
• OPT: Three-Part Treatment Plan

Professional Memberships & Accreditations:

• Registered Speech Language Pathologist, Abu Dhabi Department of Health (DOH)
• Registered Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist, Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI)
• Member, Indian Speech-Language and Hearing Association (ISHA), Kerala State Branch

Clinical Interests & Research:

• Augmentative and Alternative Communication
• Developmental communication disorders
• Cognitive-linguistic disorders
• Neurological rehabilitation
• Dementia
• Neonatal feeding and swallowing
• Research in semantic priming and communication disorders

Research Publications:

• “Experimentation into Word Generation in Subcortical Dementia: A Study Through Semantic Priming” – The Journal of Geriatric Care and Research, 2024, Vol. 11, No. 2
• “Introducing Novel Flavour to Conventional Therapy Through AAC: Evidence from Case Studies” – The Journal of Biomedical Science, 2022

Professional Achievement:

• First Prize for oral presentation on “Case Studies in Augmentative and Alternative Communication – A Futuristic Approach to the Management of Children with Motor Speech Disorders” at the National Conference on the Role of Neurology & Radiology in the Field of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, GITAM University, Andhra Pradesh, July 2022