Ms.Saranyaa G

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.

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

Examinership

Appointed as Question Paper setter, External Examiner for conducting Oral / Practical, Paper Evaluation at the following Universities / Institutions

• The TN Dr MGR Medical University – MMC, CMC
• SRM Institute of Science and Technology – Dept of ASLP
• Sri Ramachandra Medical University - SRFASLP
• Bharathidasan University – Dept of Audiology, Holy Cross College

Conferences / workshops attended

• Indian Speech and Hearing Association - 45^th National Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Assn - at Chennai 1st to 3rd February, 2013
• “Introductory Nucleus Training for CI Audiologists” – conducted by Cochlear Pvt Ltd at Bangalore, July, 2013
• A talk on Auditory Evoked Potentials by Dr James Hall at MERF, Chennai.
• One of the Resource Person for the “Audiology Update – 2014” held at Madras Medical College, Chennai, Jan 2014 and presented on “Diagnosing Cochlear Hearing Loss”.
• CIGICON 2014 - Attended the 12^th Annual conference of Cochlear Implant Group of India - held at New Delhi from 21^st to 22^nd November, 2014.
• Faculty – Resource person at the Pre-Conference workshop titled “Neurotology” of the 1^st National Convention of Indian Academy of Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery – IAOHNS – 2014 held at Kilpauk Medical College.
• Dr. SRCISH, National workshop on “Extending the boundaries of Clinical Audiology – Focus on the Vestibular system” (RCI – CRE) from 12^th – 14^th March 2015.
• Indian Speech and Hearing Association - 48^th National Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Association held at Mumbai from 5^th – 7^th February, 2016
• Tamil Nadu chapter - Indian Speech and Hearing Association - 6^th TAN – ISHACON held at Puducherry from 18^th – 20^th November, 2016
• Dr. SRCISH – AUDISHCON 2017, National workshop on “Hearing Instruments – An update” (RCI – CRE) from 9^th – 11^th March 2017.
• SRMC – Workshop on “Tinnitus Evaluation and Management: Medical and non -medical aspects” held at Dept of SLHS, SRMC, Chennai on 6^th and 7^th October 2017.
• Scientific program on Cochlear Implant systems Training held at MERF (P) Ltd on 28^th and 29^th October 2017.
• Indian Speech and Hearing Association - 50^th National Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Association held at AIISH, Mysuru, from 5^th – 7^th February, 2018.
• Fitting Cochlear Implants: From Science to Practice Making Strong Foundation – Science of Bionic Hearing, held at Chennai, from 9^th – 11^th Jan 2019.
• 51st National Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Association – NIMHANS, Bangalore, 8 – 10 Feb 2019.
• Cochlear Implant Systems Training - Hosted by MED EL / Chennai, 29 – 30^th July 2019.
• 2nd Fitting Cochlear Implants Conference: From Science to Practice - Hosted by MERF & MERF – ISH / Chennai, 27 – 29^th Feb 2020.
• “Recent Trends in Hearing Restoration” - Hosted by First Online CRE program, 16^th May 2020 - Hosted by (Approved By RCI) - Hosted by MERF & MERF – ISH / Chennai,
• “HEARRING Online Round Table Discussion – Audiology Services during COVID-19” - Hosted by HEARRING, MERF & MERF – ISH / Chennai, 26^th June 2020
• “Recipient-centered Cochlear implant programming”. - Hosted by Cochlear Medical Device Company India Pvt Ltd, 10^th July 2020
• Virtual Audiology Masterclass - Innovations in Patient Centered CI Technology - Hosted by Cochlear Medical Device Company India Pvt Ltd, 14^th Aug 2020
• Virtual Audiology Masterclass - Optimising patient experience & outcomes - Hosted by Cochlear Medical Device Company India Pvt Ltd, 21st Aug 2020
• Virtual Audiology Masterclass - Innovative technology that enables smart simplicity & a positive fitting experience - Hosted by Cochlear Medical Device Company India Pvt Ltd, 28^th Aug 2020
• Virtual Audiology Masterclass - Focusing on what’s important to you & your recipients - Hosted by Cochlear Medical Device Company India Pvt Ltd, 4^th Sep 2020
• Virtual Audiology Masterclass - Ask the expert – your questions answered - Hosted by Cochlear Medical Device Company India Pvt Ltd, 11^th Sep 2020
• Virtual Audiology Masterclass - Hands-on practicum for Cochlear Nucleus® Kanso® 2 Sound Processor & Custom Sound® Pro - Hosted by Cochlear Medical Device Company India Pvt Ltd, 18^th Sep 2020.
• Resource Person – Delivered a Lecture on “Management of Tinnitus” at “SAVENT2020 - International Tinnitus Webmeet” - Hosted by Dept of ENT, Saveetha Medical College, 26^th Sep 2020
• Virtual Audiology Masterclass - Hands-on practicum – Kanso® 2 wireless accessories & wireless programming using Custom Sound® Pro - Hosted by Cochlear Medical Device Company India Pvt Ltd, 16^th Oct 2020
• Indian Speech and Hearing Association – 53rd National Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Association held virtually by MyISHA, Mysuru, from 19^th & 20^th February, 2022.
• 3^rd Fitting & Objective Measures in Cochlear Implants: From Science to Practice – Hosted by MERF Institute of Speech and Hearing (P) Ltd, Feb 16 – 18^th Feb 2023

Papers presented:

• Platform presentation on “Vestibular function in children with Cochlear Implant (CI) - A pilot study” at the 12^th Annual Conference of Cochlear Implant Group of India, CIGICON 2014 held at Department of ENT & Head and Neck Surgery. AIIMS, New Delhi.
• Platform presentation on “Cochlear Implant in Single Sided Deafness – A tight case study on outcomes” at the 14^th Annual Conference of Cochlear Implant Group of India, CIGICON 2016 – Cochin, 2016.
• E-Poster on “Refractory Properties of Auditory nerve in the post lingual cochlear Implantees” at CIGICON 2021 held between 12^th – 14^th November 2021.
• Platform presentation on “Hearing & Mitochondriopathy – A single case report” at the AUDISHCON 2021 themed on Medical Audiology: Perspectives from Partnerships held between 13 – 17^th December 2021.

Published Articles

Dissertations Guided