Mr. Pachaiappan
Mr. Pachaiappan, with an experience of 5+ years in the field post MASLP has been involved in conducting Camps at various places in Tamil Nadu which is organized by MERF-ISH. He has been specialized in Electrophysiological tests, Implant audiology, Telehealth audiology, Hearing Conservation Program, New born screening, Community out-reach programs, Hearing aid fitting and programming, Preoperative and post-operative counselling
| Qualification | - Masters in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology (MASLP) |
| Designation | - Assistant Professor |
| CRR No. | - A 59687 |
Work Experience
- 2009 – 2011: MGMC and RI-Mahatma Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute Puducherry.
- 2011-2012: IGMC&RI-Indira Gandhi Medical College and Research Institute Puducherry.
- 2017- Present: Assistant Professor and Clinical Supervisor at MERF Institute Of Speech And Hearing (P) Ltd,Chennai.
Qualification
- Masters in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology (MASLP) from MERF Institute Of Speech and Hearing (P) Ltd, Chennai- 2015-2017.
- Bachelors in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology (BASLP) from AVMC (Aarupadai Veedu Medical College) -2012-2015.
- Diploma in Hearing, Language and Speech (DHLS) from JIPMER Puducherry- 2007-2008.
PG Dissertation: Outcomes in children with cochlear implants parental perspective in Indian context under the guidance of Prof. Ranjith Rajeswaran
Membership:
- Cochlear Implant Group of India – 678
Conferences / Webinars / Seminars / Workshops Attended
- Workshop on Fibro Optic endoscopic evaluation of swallowing; Sri Ramachandra College, Chennai, 2017
- 1st Fitting Workshop on fitting cochlear implant: from science to practice, 2019
- 51st ISHACON, Bangalore, 2019
- Voice update at SRMC, 2019
- 2nd Fitting Workshop on fitting cochlear implant: from science to practice, 2020
- Online CRE program on recent trends in hearing restoration, 2020
- Hearing online round table discussion titled “Audiological services during COVID19, 2020
- 19th National conference of the Cochlear Implant group of India-CIGICON, 2021
- 20thNational conference of the Cochlear Implant group of India-CIGICON, 2022
- 4TH TASLPACON and ISAM, 2023
- 3rd Fitting &Objective measures in cochlear implant, 2023
ACHIEVEMENTS / RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED
| CONFERENCE ATTENDED | YEAR | TITLE OF THE PAPER PRESENTED | AWARD |
| 19th National conference of the Cochlear Implant group of India-CIGICON | 2021 | Audiological benefits and performance improvements of ADHER in patients with unilateral hearing loss | |
| 19th National conference of the Cochlear Implant group of India-CIGICON | 2021 | Parental knowledge and understanding of care and maintenance of cochlear implant device | |
| 4TH TASLPACON and ISAM | 2023 | Absorbance effect of wideband tympanometry in cochlear implants children-A comparative study | - |
| 4TH TASLPACON and ISAM | 2023 | Review of reading and writing skills of Indian cochlear implantees and comparison with western population | - |
| 4TH TASLPACON and ISAM | 2023 | Comparison of audiometric screening criteria for the identification of noise induced hearing loss in adolescence | - |
| 4TH TASLPACON and ISAM | 2023 | Audiological findings and aided performance in individuals with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder | 3rd Prize |
Published Articles:
| S.No | Article | Journal | Year | National/International |
| 1. | Hearing loss: A sequela of prematurity- case study | International journal of scientific and research publications | 2019 | International |
| 2. | Correlation between EABR and CAEP in subjects with Auditory brainstem implants | International journal of scientific and research publications | 2019 | International |
| 3. | Profiling Long-term outcomes in children with auditory brainstem implant | International journal of scientific and research publications | 2019 | International |
| 4. | Analysis of phonology in Tamil speaking cochlear implantees | Worldwide journal of multidisciplinary research and development | 2019 | National |
| 5. | Treating functional Aphonia - A Case study | International journal of health sciences and research | 2020 | International |
| 6. | Identifying patterns of disfluencies in school going Tamil and English medium children | International journal of health sciences and research | 2020 | International |
| 7. | Spatial hearing handicap index-Development and validation | International journal of creative research thoughts | 2020 | International |
| 8. | The advantages of having tone burst auditory brainstem response in finding hearing in patients with cerebellopontine angle tumor- A Case study | International journal of research and review | 2020 | International |
| 9. | Outcomes in children with cochlear implants : parental perspectives in Indian context | International journal of research and analytical reviews (URAR) | 2020 | International |
| 10. | Benefit of CI through the measures of phonological working memory | International Journal of Research and Analytical Research | 2020 | International |
| 11. | Threshold of octave masking as a tool to explain cochlear non linearity | Audiovestibular research | 2021 | International |
| 12. | Masking level difference: Performance of school children aged 6-12 years in Indian population | International journal of research and analytical reviews (URAR) | 2021 | International |
| 13. | A Case study of audiological test battery in a pediatric patient with Klipper feil Syndrome | International Journal of Health Sciences and Research | 2021 | International |
| 14. | Congenital rubella syndrome-A case study from an audiologist perspective for the diagnostic and management of hearing loss | International Journal of Research and Analytical Research, | 2021 | International |
| 15. | Translation and cultural adaptation of Eustachian tube dysfunction questionnaire (ETDQ) | International journal of research and analytical reviews | 2022 | International |
| 16. | Bionic hearing in auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder: A systematic review | Indian journal of otology | 2022 | National |
Ongoing Researches:
- Clinical features and hearing outcomes of sudden sensorineural hearing loss in diabetic patients.
- Development of Eustachian tube dysfunction questionnaire- child edition
Dissertations Guided:
- Parental knowledge and understanding of care and maintenance of cochlear implant device in hearing impaired population.
- The audiological services and recommendations during the Covid-19 Pandemic: a Systematic review
- Practices in programming cochlear implant by the audiologist in the India.
- Monitoring the resonance property of the middle ear with wideband tympanometry in cochlear implants.
- Documentation of spatial hearing abilities in SSD using SHHI -Tamil.