Overview

SASLP actively encourages the students and the faculty to participate in research projects and publish papers to make their contribution in the field. Since its establishment, many research papers have been published, and patents have been licensed under the institute.
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Research Infrastructure

To support the needs of the innovative and passionate students and faculty involved in research, the institute offers a state-of-the-art infrastructure. The infrastructure has been selected and designed specifically to give the researchers what they need.

Materials Developed

SASLP has assisted in the development of various assessment, therapy and treatment materials. Since its establishment, the institute has offered its services to help faculties work on and publish their materials in the different fields of audiology and speech-language pathology.

ICMR funded Interdisciplinary project titled’ Audio-vestibular test battery in differential diagnosis of patients with vestibular disorders’

Video head impulse equipment has been (vHIT) which is a novel technique for assessing Vestibular system (all the six semicircular canals) has been procured through funds from ICMR. This test provides information about the functioning of all six semicircular canals which helps in balance during head movement in different directions. Addition of this test to the existing test battery will increase sensitivity and specificity of the test battery for diagnosis which in turn will enable appropriate treatment. Dr. Sharda Sarda, Professor & HOD Audiology is the Principal Investigator of the ICMR funded project and Dr. C.S.Vanaja, Principal, BV (DU) SASLP; Dr. Maitri Kaushik, Prof. ENT dept., Bharati Hospital & Research Center; Br. Dr. SP Gorthi, HOD Neurology dept. BHRC; Dr Pricilla Joshi (Prof &HOD, Radiology Dept. )

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Dr. Vivek Saoji, Vice-chancellor, Bharati Vidyapeeth (Deemed to be University), Inaugurating the ICMR funded project titled’ Audio-vestibular test battery in differential diagnosis of patients with vestibular disorders’

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Dr Sharda Sarda (Asso. Prof) explaining the Video head impulse test during the Inaugurating the ICMR funded project titled’ Audio-vestibular test battery in differential diagnosis of patients with vestibular disorders’

Speech and Language Assessment & Therapy Materials Developed
Sr. No Name of Test / Assessment or Treatment Manual / Material Author and year/Publisher
1 Voice handicap Index in Marathi (not standardized) Kurian & Joshi (2012)
2 Screening tool to early identify children with learning difficulty Alexander & Joshi (2012)
3 Language Development Scale For Preschool Children –Marathi Translation Dogol &Waknis (2012)
4 Inventory to measure impact of stuttering on overall quality of life of an individuals with stuttering Dixit & Joshi (2013)
5 Dysarthria – Quality of Life Questionnaire Panicker & Chand Mall (2013)
6 Dysphagia – Quality of Life Questionnaire in Marathi Kothari & Chand Mall (2014)
7 Cognitive Linguistic Assessment Protocol in Adults –Marathi ( CLAP A –M) Pushparanidevi & Joshi (2014)
8 Pragmatic Profile Test (Preschooler) – Marathi Version Thakur & Waknis (2014)
9 Auditory linguistic integration test in Marathi Sone & Vanaja (2015)
10 Lexical processing test in Marathi Sone & Vanaja (2015)
11 Tool for early identification of children with reading deficits (TIRD) Joshi & Vanaja (2016)
12 Checklist to screen children with reading deficits Joshi & Vanaja (2016)
13 Development of language test in Marathi for 7-12yrs Pawar, Joshi & Jagtap (2016)
14 Instrument to Assess communicative Effectiveness Swetha , Karbhari & Chitnis. (2016)
15 Gestural Comprehension Test George, Adhyaru & Jagtap (2017)
16 Dysarthria Assessment Protocol - DAP Chand-Mall & Vanaja (2018)
17 Phonological Awareness Test in Marathi (PAM) Waknis & Vanaja (2018)
18 Test of Information Processing abilities in Marathi Dubey & Chitnis ( 2018)
19 Indian Semantic Battery Jain & Chitnis (2018)
20 Adaptation of Cognitive Communication Checklist in Acquired Brain Injury (CCABI Marathi) Arora, Chitnis & Adhyaru, (2018)
21 ISACS-s (Impact Scale for Assessment of Cluttering and Stuttering- short version) constructed and validated. Kelkar ,Santosh & Jyotsna (2018-19).
22 Indian Semantic Association Test (ISAT) D’Souza & Chitins (2019)
23 Test of Cognitive Linguistic Abilities in Marathi (ToCLA –M) Dawar & Chitnis (2019)
Audiology - Test Material Developed
Sr. No Name of Test / Assessment or Treatment Manual / Material Author and year/Publisher
1 Dichotic Digit in Marathi Vanaja (2007)
2 Monosyllabic Word Lists in Marathi Vanaja & Singh (2009)
3 High Frequency Monosyllabic Word Lists in Marathi Singh & Joshi (2009)
4 Sentence Lists in Marathi Vanaja & Sarda (2009)
5 Dizziness Handicap Inventory in Marathi Mishra &Vanaja (2010)
6 Early speech perception test in Marathi Kuruvilla & Sarda (2012)
7 Tinnitus Reaction Index in Marathi Martin & Sarda (2012)
8 Marathi PB word list for children above five years Patil, Vanaja & Sruthi (2012)
9 Acceptable noise level test in Marathi Chavan, Nalat & Sarda (2013)
10 Speech in Noise in Marathi Patil, Vanaja, & Sruthi (2013)
11 Sentences in Noise in Marathi Karulkar & Gore (2013)
12 Client Centered questionnaire in Marathi for reporting HA benefit. Singh, Nalat, & Vanaja (2014)
13 Auditory memory and sequencing test in Marathi Sone & Vanaja (2015)
14 Dichotic Rhyme Test Gaikwad & Kaushik (2015)
15 Speech in Noise Test with six talker babble,narrative discourse & Speech shaped noise Shetty & Kaushik (2016)
16 Time Compressed Speech Test in Marathi Panigrahi & Kaushik (2017)
17 Speech in noise test in Marathi Anjusha & Sarda (2018)
18 Auditory Learning Manual in Marathi (ALM-Marathi)for children with hearing impairment Malu, Vanaja & Deshpande (2019)
19 Auditory Training material Aishwarya & Vanaja (2019)