This essentially brings out the importance of speech. Some people have difficulty in speech by birth, due to genetic disorders or may happen due to some reason or incident later in life. Thus, they have to take speech therapy to improve and communicate better. Speech therapy is an allied medical science which cures the disorders of speech, voice and language of a person.
Speech therapists diagnose and treat people with speech and communication difficulties due to congenital, developmental, or acquired disabilities. Speech therapists work with individuals who cannot produce sounds or do not produce them clearly, who have rhythm and fluency difficulties, or who have voice disorders. Individuals who have problems producing or understanding language, as well as those who want to modify an accent, can be helped by speech therapy. The difficulties speech therapists treat can be caused by neurological disorders, developmental disabilities, learning disabilities, physical problems, voice pathology, hearing impairments, or emotional disorders.
The training in Speech Therapy and Audiology is offered at the graduate level. Students from the science background can take up this B.Sc. course of 3 years duration. Specialization is possible after the B.Sc. and M.Sc. course which is of 2 years.
Premier training institutions are the Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, Bandra, Mumbai and the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing located on the campus of Mysore University besides the departments in All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi and PGI Chandigarh.
(1.) B. Sc. Speech Therapy and Audiology
(2.) B. Sc. in Hearing and Language
(3.) M. Sc. Speech Pathology and Audiology
For B. Sc., in some institutes, a Physics-Chemistry-Biology combination is the eligibility and for some other institutes, Physics-Chemistry-Maths combination is the eligibility. While some colleges like TN Medical College, Mumbai, require both PCB and Mathematics at 10+2 to be eligible. PGI, Chandigarh and AIIMS, New Delhi prefer graduates with psychology/education/BA/B Sc. or MBBS for their course.
(1.) Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh
Course: B.Sc Audiology and Speech & Language
(2.) All India Institute of Medical Sciences, New Delhi
Course: BSc Speech Therapy and Hearing, MSc Speech Pathology and Audiology
(3.) Gujarat University, Ahmedabad, Gujarat
v: Diploma in Audiology and Speech Therapy
(4.) University of Bombay, Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped, Bandra (West) Mumbai
Course: B.Sc. Hearing & Language M.Sc Hearing Speech and Language
(5.) TN Medical College, BYL Nair Charitable Hospital Mumbai
Course: BSc Speech & Hearing M.Sc
(6.) Osmania University, Hyderabad, Andhra Pradesh
Course: BSc Hearing Lang. & speech
(7.) University of Chennai, Centenary Building Chepauk Chennai
Course: BSc Speech & Hearing M.Sc Audiology & Speech Therapy
(8.) University of Mysore, Karya Saudha, Crawford Hall, PB No. 17, Mysore, Karnataka,
Course: BSc (Speech Pathology or audiology), MSc speech & Hearing
(9.) Kasturba Gandhi Medical College, Manipal, Karnataka
Course: BSc Speech & Hearing
(10.) Institute of Speech & Hearing, Hannur Road, Bangalore
Course: BSc Hearing Lang. & Speech
(11.) Institute of Nursing, A.B Shetty Marg, Mangalore
Course: BSc Hearing Lang. & speech
(12.) All India Institute & Special Hearing Mansazangolhri, Mysore.
Course: B.Sc Hearing Lang. & speech M.Sc
(13.) JM Institute of Speech &Hearing, Patna
Course: Diploma in Hearing Language and speech.
The starting salary in hospital could be between Rs 2-3 lakhs . The earnings in teching sector are more than this.
A self employed speech therapist who works with school kids usually works with many schools. So the days begin with the visit to a specific school. After reaching the school he/ she holds group sessions for kids with similar difficulties like how to produce sounds, improving the voice quality etc. Sometimes, they visit the classrooms and hold special sessions like how to use oral communication more effectively. The sessions are usually held in phased manner, for a particular group the beginning sessions are for diagnosis and later sessions are for therapy and continuous practice.
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