All India Institute of Speech and Hearing

The All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, commonly known as AIISH, is located in Manasagangotri, Mysore, India. It is an autonomous institute under the Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The institute was established in 1966 with a focus on training professionals for speech and hearing sciences.OverviewAIISH is affiliated to the University of Mysore and offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees in Speech and Hearing. It offers the following courses: B.ASLP (Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology) B.Sc (Speech and Hearing) M.Sc (Audiology) M.Sc (Speech-Language Pathology) B.Ed. - Special Education (Hearing Impairment) M.Ed. - Special Education (Hearing Impairment) Diploma in Hearing Aid and Earmould Technology (DHAET) Diploma in Hearing, Language and Speech (DHLS) Diploma in Early Childhood Special Education - Hearing Impairment (DESCE-HI) Ph.D (Audiology) Ph.D (Speech-Language Pathology) Certificate Course for Caregivers of Children with Communication Disorders AIISH also conducts research in speech-language pathology, audiology, speech sciences, and hearing sciences. Some of the current research activities focus on early identification and genetics of hearing impairment, effectiveness of intervention strategies, development of assessment materials for Indian languages, and speech speaker recognition. It has developed normative data for speech and language acquisition in children for various Indian languages and established a research fund from which small grants are awarded to specialists working in fields such as neurology, genetics, epidemiology, linguistics, otolaryngology, clinical psychology and pediatrics. It also publishes a yearly scholarly journal