The Department of Audiology aims at giving a wide exposure to all the Audiological and Vestibular assessment and Management of Hearing Impairment. It runs a well-equipped ‘State of the Art’ clinic catering to patients with varied age range and disorders. The paediatric section assesses kids as young as 1month. The facilities include an exhaustive electrophysiology lab equipped with ECOCH, ABR, ASSR, MLR, LLR and Cognitive potentials along with OAE, Impedance and PTA.The Vestibular Assessment lab has the facilities of VOG and VEMP.This department runs periodic update seminars and workshops on various aspects of Audiology and Vestibular Assessment. The rehabilitation section has a Hearing Aid Clinic, Cochlear Implant Clinic and Auditory Habilitation Center.The Cochlear Implant Clinic is one of the most well equipped clinics in India with more than 200 implantees in its care. The clinic runs busy with mapping, troubleshooting, pre and post implant assessment and post implant habilitation. The Clinic has clients as young as 10 months to as old as 77 years.

The Auditory Habilitation Centre helps the Cochlear Implantees to integrate naturally and effectively into the mainstream society. A forerunner of its kind in India where habilitation / rehabilitation of children with cochlear implant is done with the aim to teach the hearing challenged child to hear, listen and then speak. Specially trained teachers train the implantees and co-ordinate between the clinic, parents and the schools. A team of nine habilitationists run a full-time service for Auditory Habilitation. The Centre thus contributes equally to the success of the Cochlear Implant Programme.

This department deals with the pre Cochlear Implant assessment for Cochlear Implant candidacy and post Cochlear Implant management. The task of the department also involves fine tuning the processor for the necessary auditory outcomes. There is close interaction and cooperation between this department and the auditory habilitation centre to ensure the success of the Cochlear Implant programme.

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Speech Language Pathology Department deals with the Assessment and Management of Speech and Communication Disorders.The latest software,sophisticated instruments and standardised Test tools are handled by the Speech therapists for the diagnosis and therapy.The department also aims to create awareness of the Communication disorders among the general public.The different clinics conducted by the department at the MERF Institute include Stuttering Clinic ,Clinic for Stroke and other Acquired Language Disorders