Speech Language & Hearing Sciences
Outreach and community activities
The Department is involved in conducting the following activities on a regular basis. Some of these activities are organised more than once in fortnight or month or annually.
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- Voice sensitisation programs are conducted for professional voice users (school teachers, singers) in various schools, centres in Chennai and Tamil Nadu (Trichy, Madurai, Kanchipuram, etc.)
- Noise awareness programmes for industrial workers, traffic police, teachers and other professionals exposed to noise on daily basis.
- Speech, language and hearing sensitisation programme for school students and teachers
- Career guidance programme for school students and parents
- Speech, Language and Hearing Screening Camps (diagnostic and rehabilitative) are conducted outside Chennai in Trichy, Villupuram, Gummidipundi etc and also in various centers of Sarva Sikshya Abhiyan program in Tamil Nadu
- Part of multidisciplinary camps organised as a part of Medical Centre at various parts of Tamil Nadu
- Camps (diagnostic and rehabilitative) for individuals with cleft of lip and palate are conducted on regular basis in Vandavasi, Chengam, Cheyyar, Polur, Arani, Cuddalore and Thiruvanamalai
- Tele speech, language and audiological services are provided in various schools and rural areas in Tamil Nadu.
- Audiological and speech diagnostic testing is carried out at the State Regional Training Centre (SRTC), Chennai for individuals with communication difficulties
- Talks and interviews on media (newspapers, televisions, radio) on specific topics related to speech, language and hearing sciences is also carried out
