Ms. BIJI SHAJI EAPEN

Areas of Special Interest
Head and Neck Speech and swallow rehabilitation
– Prophylactic swallowing therapy
– Cognitive Behavioral therapy
– Dysphagia management
– Modified barium swallow test
– Oro-Motor exercises and stimulations
– Exercises to improve Speech intelligibility
– Dysarthria therapy
– Voice therapy

Key Achievements

Conferences:
– Successfully completed all modules of the “PREVENTING DEMENTIA”, Massive Open Online Course [MOOC] held by University of Tasmania [wicking dementia research and education center] on June 2019
– Participated and Prepared Model on “HEARING AIDS’ at Speech and Hearing Exhibition held at DR.M.V. Shetty College on 14.01.2017
– Nitte International Symposium on “CLEFT LIP AND PALATE”, held at K.S Hegde Hospital, Mangalore on September 8th and 9th 2017
– Completed two months internship posting in NARAYANA Hrudayalaya, Bangalore as speech language Pathologist and Swallow therapist
– Completed three months internship in HEARING WELLNESS CLINIC (HWC), Bangalore and attended camps for hearing intervention
– Completed one month internship posting in FIRST NEURO HOSPITAL, Mangalore where assessment of dyphasia and Speech disorder
– Completed three months internship posting in Special schools and GUILD SERVICE CENTRE, Mangalore. (Karambara and Moodabidre special School)
– 1.5year of experience in a Neuro Rehabilitation Centre SUKINO HEALTHCARE SOLUTIONS, Bangalore, Karnataka
– Clinical posting on Kidwai Memorial Institute of Oncology Cancer Research and Training

AUDIOLOGY:
– Accomplished good clinical skills in the diagnosis and intervention of hearing disorders in a clinical set up
– Diagnosis of all types and degrees of patients of all age groups with hearing impairment using Pure tone Audiometer, Immittance Audiometer, Otoacoustic Emission testing, Brain stem Evoked Response Audiometer, Behavioral Observation Audiometry, Conditioned Play Audiometer and Speech Audiometer
– Auditory verbal therapy for the individuals with hearing loss

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE PATHOLOGY:
– Accomplished good clinical skills in the diagnosis and intervention of Speech & Language disorders in a hospital setup
– Assessment and administration of various of various speech language tests, both subjective and objective including use of computer-based tests (VAGMI, PRAT)
– Counseling parents and their families regarding the nature, cause and management of speech language problems
– Speech Language therapy for patients of all groups for different disorders as follows:
– Child Language disorders: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Attention Deficit Hyperactive Disorder, Receptive Expressive Language Delay, Intellectual Disability, Cerebral Palsy, Down’s Syndrome and Language Learning Disability
– Phonological/Articulation disorders: Speech Sound Disorders, Cleft Lip and Palate, Fluency: Stuttering