Metro Hospitals has a well equipped Audiology and Speech Therapy Unit. Professionally qualified Audiologist and Speech-Therapists conducts various tests for diagnosis of speech and hearing problems in children and adults.
Facilities in Diagnostic Audiology include:
- Pure Tone Audiometry (PTA)
- Impedance Audiometry (Tympanometry, ART, Reflex Decay)
- Speech Audiometry (SRT, SDS, MCL, UCL, DR)
- Play Audiometry
- Free-Field Audiometry
- Special Tests (TDT / SISI)
- Hearing Aid Trial & Fitting
- Tests for Pseudohypacusis / Functional Hearing loss
- ABR / BERA
Using the above mentioned tests, the Audiology and Speech-Therapist diagnoses degree and type of hearing loss of patient and plan out the needful rehabilitation.
Audiology | Language | Speech |
Outer ear disorders | Delayed speech and language | Cleft palate |
Middle ear pathology | Autism | Stuttering |
Cochlear/ retrocochlear | Cerebral palsy | Cluttering |
pathology | Mental retardation | Phonological & Articulation |
Auditory dyssychrony | Hearing impairment | disorders |
Central auditory processing | Learning disability | Dysarthria |
disorders | Dementia | Voice problems |
Aural amplification devices | Aphasia | Apraxia |
Auditory verbal therapy | | Swallowing disorders |
Cochlear Implant | | |