Ms. Saranyaa, presently an Associate Professor in the department of Audiology and the PG COURSE CO-ORDINATOR at MERF-ISH has an experience of over 11+ years in the field. Her major area of interest lies in Diagnostic Audiology, Vestibular Sciences and Implant Audiology.

PG Dissertation: (If applicable)

Work Experience

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	Madras Medical College	Chennai	Jan 2014

Examinership

• 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 - 45th 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 12th Annual conference of Cochlear Implant Group of India - held at New Delhi from 21st to 22nd November, 2014.
• Faculty – Resource person at the Pre-Conference workshop titled “Neurotology” of the 1st 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 12th – 14th March 2015.
• Indian Speech and Hearing Association - 48th National Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Association held at Mumbai from 5th – 7th February, 2016
• Tamil Nadu chapter - Indian Speech and Hearing Association - 6th TAN – ISHACON held at Puducherry from 18th – 20th November, 2016
• Dr. SRCISH – AUDISHCON 2017, National workshop on “Hearing Instruments – An update” (RCI – CRE) from 9th – 11th March 2017.
• SRMC – Workshop on “Tinnitus Evaluation and Management: Medical and non -medical aspects” held at Dept of SLHS, SRMC, Chennai on 6th and 7th October 2017.
• Scientific program on Cochlear Implant systems Training held at MERF (P) Ltd on 28th and 29th October 2017.
• Indian Speech and Hearing Association - 50th National Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Association held at AIISH, Mysuru, from 5th – 7th February, 2018.
• Fitting Cochlear Implants: From Science to Practice Making Strong Foundation – Science of Bionic Hearing, held at Chennai, from 9th – 11th 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 – 30th July 2019.
• 2nd Fitting Cochlear Implants Conference: From Science to Practice - Hosted by MERF & MERF – ISH / Chennai, 27 – 29th Feb 2020.
• “Recent Trends in Hearing Restoration” - Hosted by First Online CRE program, 16th 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, 26th June 2020
• “Recipient-centered Cochlear implant programming”. - Hosted by Cochlear Medical Device Company India Pvt Ltd, 10th July 2020
• Virtual Audiology Masterclass - Innovations in Patient Centered CI Technology - Hosted by Cochlear Medical Device Company India Pvt Ltd, 14th 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, 28th Aug 2020
• Virtual Audiology Masterclass - Focusing on what’s important to you & your recipients - Hosted by Cochlear Medical Device Company India Pvt Ltd, 4th Sep 2020
• Virtual Audiology Masterclass - Ask the expert – your questions answered - Hosted by Cochlear Medical Device Company India Pvt Ltd, 11th 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, 18th Sep 2020.
• Resource Person – Delivered a Lecture on “Management of Tinnitus” at “SAVENT2020 - International Tinnitus Webmeet” - Hosted by Dept of ENT, Saveetha Medical College, 26th 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, 16th Oct 2020
• Indian Speech and Hearing Association – 53rd National Conference of Indian Speech and Hearing Association held virtually by MyISHA, Mysuru, from 19th & 20th February, 2022.
• 3rd Fitting & Objective Measures in Cochlear Implants: From Science to Practice – Hosted by MERF Institute of Speech and Hearing (P) Ltd, Feb 16 – 18th Feb 2023

Papers presented:

• Platform presentation on “Vestibular function in children with Cochlear Implant (CI) - A pilot study” at the 12th 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 14th 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 12th – 14th 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 – 17th December 2021.

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