В гостях у программы "Беседы о слухе" профессор Ранджит Раджесваран, директор Института речи и слуха (Ченнай, Индия).
Тема программы - стволомозговая имплантация.
Профессор Раджесваран первым в Индии начал применять методы ASSR, электрически вызванных КСВП, первым в Юго-Восточной Азии начал работать с пациентами после стволомозговой имплантации, внедрил первую систему аудиологического обучения в Индии.
RANJITH RAJESWARAN - Professor and Director MERF-Institute of Speech and Hearing (P) Ltd., Chennai.
Chief Audiologist at Madras ENT Research Foundation,
Founder: Hearing for Life Foundation., a charitable trust working on prevention, restoration & rehabilitation for persons with communication disorders.
He is one of the founder members of Cochlear Implant Group of India and HEARRING (Comprehensive Hearing Implant Centres) for research and development.
Expert Core Committee Member: Rehabilitation Council of India.
Executive Committee Member: Anna University
Member of Board of studies: The Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical university
President: Indian Speech and Hearing Association - Tamil Nadu.
Vice President: Cochlear Implant Group of India
Global Ambassador : International Smiling Crocodile
Awards: Best Teacher Award by the “The Tamil Nadu Dr.MGR Medical University”, “Outstanding Alumni” Award for Research & Academics by Sri Ramachandra University
Establishment: Established Hearing Restoration centres in SAAARC Countries & Africa
First in India to introduce Auditory Steady State Response ( Objective Test for frequency specific Hearing Sensitivity) in 2002.
First in India to perform Electrically Evoked Auditory Brainstem Response for Cochlear Implants.
First Audiologist in India and South East Asia to perform Auditory Brainstem Implant to restore hearing in children with absent inner ear and auditory nerve.
Introduced the first formal Training for Auditory Habilitationist in India.
Community Service: Involved in Community services to create awareness on Hearing Restoration.
Established network of rehabilitation centres across the state of Tamil Nadu to facilitate rehabilitation after hearing restoration for underprivileged children. Through his philanthropy trust he heads projects on building community where hearing healthcare is available, accessible, affordable and sustainable.