Department of Audiology and Speech Therapy at Yashoda Super Specialty Hospitals has a well equipped Audiology and Speech Therapy Unit. Professionally qualified Audiology and Speech- Therapists conducts various tests for diagnosis of speech and hearing problems in children and adults. These tests are carried out in a specially constructed sound room set up.

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.

This unit also offers facilities for detailed Speech & Language assessment and rehabilitation for the following:

After the diagnosis of the speech-language impairment, the speech therapist provides regular to patients. The therapy aims at improving the speech intelligibility of these patients and parental participation in speech therapy plays a vital role in speech improvement.