Merfish - Research Activities


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Approved Ongoing Research Projects (Target - 1 Year)

Recent research projects undertaken by the institute.


	Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potientials-A Normative study Investigator: Ranganathan.M, Saranya.G & Elizabeth.M.L.
	Perception of Spectrally Shifted Speech: Implication for Cochlear Implants. Investigator: Arivudainambi.P & Anusha Ramesh
	Analysis of signal to noise Ratio in normal ABR Investigator: Ranganathan.M, Pavithra.S. S, Sujith.S
	Different types of OAE: within subject comparative study Investigator: Ranganathan.M, Kalpana. K & Manoharan. S
	Effect of linear and nonlinear mode of averaging on TEOAEs & contra lateral suppression of TEOAEs. Investigator: Arivudai Nambi. P
	Independent contribution of envelope and fine structure for speech recognition. Investigator: Arivudai Nambi. P & Kedarnath. D
	Vestibular Dysfunction in Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder-A growing Insight. Investigator-T.Suma, D.Kedarnath
	Speech Characteristics to language Disorder in FM Radio Jockeys –A Perpetual analysis. Investigator- Aravind Kannan, Pavithra.v, Kalpana Kumar
	Screening of Speech & Language Skills in Pre-schoolers and Kindergarten Aravind Kannan, Pavithra.v, Kalpana Kumar
	Rationale based Adaptation of Western Aphasia Battery in Tamil.
	Clinical Validation of non-cephalic vertical montage.
	Sensitivity and Specificity – Universal Neonatal hearing screening Program a MERF Project
	Outcomes in Cochlear Implanted Children
	Speaker Verification in Mimicked Speech.

Approved Research Projects for Oral Presentation (Target – 1 Year)

1. Relationship between EAP thresholds and behavioural T and C levels in individuals using Nucleus Freedom Cochlear Implant – A Preliminary Study.

Others

Research proposals are invited from Governmental & Non Governmental Organization for short & long term Projects.

Facilities and Features
Research labs include:
Anatomy and Physiology Lab.
Audiology Lab.
Electro physiology Lab.
Electro Acoustics Lab.
Vestibular Lab.
Cognitive-Linguistic Lab.
Speech Science Lab.
Language Science Lab.
Voice Lab.

Voice Lab	Electrophysiology Lab	Electro Acoustics & Hearing Aid Lab