Clinical 

Speech-Language Pathologist, Unit of Hope, St. John’s National Academy of Health Sciences, Bangalore, KA, India.

Responsibilities

• Worked with children with developmental disabilities between the age of 2 and 12 years.

• Assessed communication, neuropsychological, and executive functioning abilities.

• Evaluated the behaviors and characteristics of siblings and parents.

• Developed intervention goals in collaboration with family members and interdisciplinary team members.

• Provided one-on-one and group therapy for children with communication disabilities.

• Developed home training program and coached parents on delivering these programs at home.

• Conducted post-intervention generalization and skill maintenance assessments.

• Trained community health workers to identify developmental disabilities, developed intervention programs, and delivery coaching for home training for parents in low-resource settings.

• Developed clinical assessment and intervention reports on intervention outcomes and progress.

• Supervised student clinicians in their clinical training externship.

Graduate Student Clinician, Dr. Chandrasekar Institute of Speech and Hearing, Bangalore, KA, India

Responsibilities

• Conducting screening and diagnostic evaluations (speech, language, and hearing) to identify communication disabilities in infants, children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities.

• Providing intervention for acquired and developmental speech, language, and hearing disabilities.

• Conducting hearing tests and diagnosing conditions related to the ears, ear canal, and auditory system.

• Providing hearing aids to patients and demonstrating the use of such devices.

• Counseling and educating patients, families, and caregivers.

• Working in close collaboration with other healthcare professionals to determine the candidacy of patients for treatment options.

• Providing audiological reports for determining disability benefits from the central and/or state government.

• Conducting prevention and advocacy programs.

• Engaging in research, training, and manpower development.

• Managing administrative tasks related to the clinic.

Senior Audiologist, Manipal Hospital, Bangalore, KA, India.

Responsibilities

• Conducted hearing tests and diagnosed conditions related to the ears, ear canal, and auditory system for patients across the lifespan.

• Worked with both in-patients and out-patients to conduct pure tone audiometry, masking audiometry, speech recognition in noise, and tympanometry

• Provided hearing aids to patients and demonstrated the use of such devices.

• Counseled and educated patients, families, and caregivers.

• Worked in close collaboration with ENT surgeons to determine the candidacy of patients for intake, treatment options, and discharge.

• Provided audiological reports for determining disability benefits from the central and/or state government. 

Externship, Speech-Language Pathologist, Bangalore, KA, India.

Locations

• Private and residential schools

• Healthcare and mental-health facilities

• Private Speech-Language clinics

• Early intervention centers

• Out-patient hospitals

Responsibilities

• Conducting screening and diagnostic evaluations to identify communication disabilities in infants, children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities across the lifespan

• Developing individualized communication and swallowing treatment plans in partnership with interdisciplinary professional teams

• Training incoming interns on clinical roles and responsibilities

• Developing clinical assessment and intervention reports, home training programs, school-based programs, and conducting post-intervention skill maintenance assessments.

• Working in close collaboration with other healthcare professionals to determine the candidacy of patients for treatment options.

Undergraduate Student Clinician, Dr. Chandrasekar Institute of Speech and Hearing, Bangalore, India.

Responsibilities

• Providing clinical services to individuals with communication disabilities (speech, language, hearing) including diagnostic evaluation and intervention (across the lifespan)

• Conducting screening and diagnostic evaluations (speech, language, and hearing) to identify communication disabilities in infants, children, adolescents, and adults with disabilities

• Providing intervention for acquired and developmental speech, language, and hearing disabilities

• Conducting hearing tests and diagnosing conditions related to the ears, ear canal, and auditory system

• Developing clinical assessment and intervention reports, home training programs, and school-based programs

• Providing hearing aids to patients and demonstrating the use of such devices

• Counseling and educating patients, families, and caregivers

• Providing audiological reports for determining disability benefits from the central and/or state government

• Conducting prevention and advocacy programs