Mr. Pachaiappan with an experience of 6+ years in the field Audiology is an Assistant Professor who is 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 and also specialized in Cochlear implants and Auditory Brainstem implants switch ON and programming He is also involved in organizing several hearing Camps at various places across Tamil Nadu which is organized by MERF-ISH.

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.
• 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
• ISHA Con membership - L23094588

Examiner at various institution:

• Madras Medical College, Chennai
• NIEPMD, Chennai.
• CMC Vellore.
• Jipmer, Pondicherry
• Bharathidasan University – Dept of Audiology, Holy Cross College

Subjects of Interest

• Diagnostic Audiology – Behavioral Tests
• Diagnostic Audiology – Physiological Tests.
• Community oriented professional practice.
• Advancements in management of hearing impairment
• Implantable Hearing devices.
• Audiology in practice
• Aural Rehabilitation
• Genetics of Hearing and Pediatric Audiology
• Speech perception & its disorders.
• Neurophysiology of Hearing.
• Electrophysiological Assessment.

Conferences / 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
• 20 TH National conference of the cochlear implant group of India 2023
• 55 th ISHACON Kolkata 2024

ACHIEVEMENTS / RESEARCH PAPERS PRESENTED

S.No	CONFERENCE ATTENDED	YEAR	TITLE OF THE PAPER PRESENTED	AWARD
1.	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	-
2.	19th National conference of the Cochlear Implant group of India-CIGICON	2021	Parental knowledge and understanding of care and maintenance of cochlear implant device	-
3.	4TH TASLPACON and ISAM	2023	Absorbance effect of wideband tympanometry in cochlear implants children-A comparative study	-
4.	4TH TASLPACON and ISAM	2023	Review of reading and writing skills of Indian cochlear implantees and comparison with western population	-
5.	4TH TASLPACON and ISAM	2023	Comparison of audiometric screening criteria for the identification of noise induced hearing loss in adolescence	-
6.	4TH TASLPACON and ISAM	2023	Audiological findings and aided performance in individuals with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder	3rd Prize
7.	20 TH CIGICON	2023	Use of speech rate and intelligibility as a prognostic indicator in CI individuals :A preliminary study	2nd 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:

1. Clinical features and hearing outcomes of sudden sensorineural hearing loss in diabetic patients.
2. 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.