Ms. Saranyaa, presently an Associate Professor in the department of Audiology and the Academic Co-ordinator for the PG courses conducted at MERF-ISH has an experience of over 10 years in the field. Her major area of interest lies in Diagnostic Audiology, Vestibular Sciences and Implant Audiology.
Qualification | : MSc. AUDIOLOGY |
Designation | : ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR |
CRR No | : A33738 |
PG Dissertation: (If applicable)
“Development Of Sentences In Tamil As Materials For The Assessment Of Speech Reception Threshold (sSRT)” – Under the guidance of Dr M N Nagaraja, Dr S R Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech & Hearing (P) Ltd, Bangalore University.
Work Experience
Lecturer / Clinical Supervisor - 10/2012 to 10/2015 MERF Institute of Speech & Hearing (P) Ltd, Chennai
Assistant Professor - 11/2015 to 10/2020
MERF Institute of Speech & Hearing (P) Ltd, Chennai
Associate Professor - 11/2020 to Present
MERF Institute of Speech & Hearing (P) Ltd, Chennai
Resource Person
S.No | Title | Conducted by | Place | Year |
1. | Faculty at conference on Recent advances on Hearing Assessment | Madras Medical College | Chennai | Jan 2014 |
2. | Faculty at Pre Conference Workshop of 1st National Convention of Indian Academy of Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery |
Kilpauk Medical College | Chennai | 12th – 14th Dec 2014 |
3. | Resource Person for delivering lecture on Basics of Cochlear Implant | NIEPMD | Muttukadu | March 2015 |
4. | Key Note Address at Pre - Conference (ICBSII 2020) Workshop on “Rehabilitation and Assistive Technology |
Department of Biomedical Engineering, SSN College of Engineering | Chennai | 25th and 26th Feb 2020. |
Examinership
Appointed as Question Paper setter, External Examiner for conducting Oral / Practical, Paper Evaluation at the following Universities / Institutions
Conferences / workshops attended
Papers presented:
Published Articles
S No | Author (s) | Title of the Paper | Journal (Name, Volume, Issue), Year of Publication |
1. | Rajasekaran, A, K., Mariappan, N, K., & Gunalan, S | Effect & Intervention of Hearing loss in Children: A short review | International Journal of Pediatric Nursing 2(2).87-91, 2016 |
2. | Jayachandran, D., Nagaraja, M. Y., & Gunalan, S. | Change of cortical auditory evoked potentials on different. Hearing aid gain- preliminary study. | Asia Pacific Journal of Research, 1(LV), 149-153, 2017 |
3. | Armstrong, S., Gunalan, S., & Rajeswaran, R. | Investigating The VOR Gain Function In Normal Hearing | Indian Journal Of Applied Research, 28-29. 2019 |
4. | Elanthendral Chandrasekhar; Saranyaa Gunalan; Deepika Jayachandran; Priyanka Sivakumaran | Outcomes of desensitization therapy in Hyperacusis: A single case report | Open journal of Clinical & Medical Case Reports, 2021 |
5. | Anusha MN, Sathveeka, Maria J, Sangeetha Ganesan, Saranyaa Gunalan | Communication Challenges and Implementation of Telepractice for Children with HI during lockdown – A Parental Perspective | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research, 2021 |
6. | Vijayakumar, K., Gunalan, S., & Rajeswaran, R. | Development of Minimal Pair Test in Tamil (MPT-T). | Journal of Clinical and Diagnostic Research., 15(9), MC01-MC04, 2021 |
7. | Aster Franz Miranda, Saranyaa G, Divya S, Ranjith R, Deepika J | The Role Of Audiologists And Speech Language Pathologists In The Assessment And Management Of Neonates: Neonatologists Perspective | International Journal of Research and Analytical Reviews (IJRAR),Vol.9, Issue 4, 839-844, October 2022, |
8. | Deepika Jayachandran, Ranjith Rajeswaran, Saranyaa Gunalan | Quality of Sound in Post - Lingual Cochlear Implantees | International Journal of Science and Research (IJSR) Volume 11 Issue 11, November 2022 |
Dissertations Guided
S No | Title | Student | Year |
1 | Effect of mobile phone usage on vestibular system –A VEMP study | Ganesh Raj | 2013 |
2 | Satisfaction with hearing aid-A self-reporting questionnaire in Tamil | Poovendhan. A | 2014 |
3 | Profiling outcomes in subject with single sided deafness (SSD) using cochlear implant | David Prabhakaran | 2016 |
4 | Profiling vestibular function in children with cochlear anomalies | Nandini M | 2017 |
5 | Investigating the VOR gain function in normal hearing subjects | Sam A | 2017 |
6 | Subjective Assessment of Vestibular Function In Children. | Jennifer R | 2018 |
7 | Subjective Assessment of Vestibular Function In Children With Cochlear Implant- A Preliminary Study. | Meenakshi P | 2018 |
8 | Development Of Minimal Pair Test In Tamil (MPT –T) To Assess Speech Perception In Typically Developing Children And Paediatric Cochlear Implantees | Kavitha V | 2019 |
9 | Knowledge About (Central)Auditory Processing Disorder Among School Teachers | Swetha A | 2020 |
10 | Knowledge About Noise-Induced Hearing Loss among Dental Professionals | Nithya B | 2020 |
11 | The Role of Audiologists and Speech Language Pathologists in the assessment and management of Neonates: Neonatologists perspective | Aster | 2021 |
12 | Feasibility Study On Universal Newborn Hearing Screening Standards In Chennai -MERF ISH Pilot Study | Girish | 2022 |