NISH - National Institute of Speech & Hearing

National Institute of Speech & Hearing

Accredited as Excellent Institution by RCI | Accredited by NAAC with B++ Grade

What is New

NISH seeks applications for various positions in the College of Occupational Therapy and related projects

29 April 2025

545/NISH230505/HR The National Institute of Speech & Hearing (NISH) is an autonomous institutio... Read More
NISH invites applications for Earmould Technician

16 April 2025

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General

In congruence with the objective of effective implementation of RPwD Act, Internal Quality Assurance Cell of National Institute of Speech and Hearing(NISH), initiated accessibility audit and conducted it with the support of CATI and NI department to address accessibility issues, which is one of the major thrust areas of the Act. The Department of Empowerment of PwD under Ministry of Social Justice & Empowerment, Government of India accepted the proposals of NISH and sanctioned Rs 1.49 crore in September 2019 for upgrading all three buildings viz. Thejus, Dhyan and Amruth. This was to ensure that the campus is accessible to persons with different disabilities. Accessible building and infrastructure include the provision of ramps, lifts, tactile signages, pathways, accessible toilets etc. which will enable easy and enhanced mobility to all PwD visiting NISH.

Guidelines

Children with developmental age above five years will be trained for conventional literacy skills and basic computer knowledge with music therapy and technology in order to provide assistance in their academic performance, vocational skills and speech intelligibility.

BAAC program will be provided for children who needs an additional support for communication other than speech through CCLAS approach.

A monthly once home intervention program for parental training will be provided for children who are newly enrolled in the clinic before admitting in regular intervention sessions.

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Hearing Sciences

Hearing Sciences The Audiology wing under the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology provides hearing evaluation including Diagnostic Audiological Evaluation and Audiological Screening Services utilising state-of-the-art test Read More...

New Initiatives

New initiatives and innovative thinking are markers of growth and development in any organization. Being a growing institution, NISH welcomes new initiatives and takes efforts to implement them within the framework of our goals and vision. Read More...

Speech Language Sciences

Speech Language Sciences The Speech-Language Pathology wing under the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology provides diagnostic services as well as therapeutic management for various speech and language disorders. The services are available to paediatric as well as adult population and use standardised test tools Read More...

Academics

Academics at NISH is unique in the sense that NISH has an integrated campus where students with hearing impairment and students with normal hearing share the same campus. Bachelor’s level courses exclusively for students with hearing impairment include Degree courses in Fine Arts, Computer Science and Commerce Read More...

Early Intervention

Early Intervention Program exclusively for hearing impaired children is an important activity at NISH aiming at mainstreaming the children with hearing impairment by providing intensive training on pre-academic skills and communication skills Read More...

Research

Research and publications forms an integral part of the activities at NISH. A number of research activities has been undertaken by staffs and students of various departments. The research activities are centrally monitored by Read More...

Autism Spectrum and Related Disorders

Autism Spectrum and Related Disorders The department focuses on developing comprehensive services for Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in a life span approach. It focuses on developing effective clinical and research approaches along with manpower development in this area. Today Read More...

Campus

Campus NISH campus is located at the serene lakeside near Akkulam. It is conveniently located away from the bustling city chaos but is still easily accessible to NH47 Bypass, Airport, Railway Station as well as Medical College Trivandrum. The campus hosts the entire clinical as well as academic Read More...

Students' Grievances Redressal Cell

Students' Grievances Redressal Cell NISH is committed to providing best services and opportunities for development to all its stakeholders especially its students. To ensure a conducive learning environment free from any infringement on the rights of its students and to facilitate prompt resolution of grievances of students with sensitivity Read More...

Allied Services

The allied services include Psychology, ENT and Physiotherapy which are essential for the multidisciplinary team approach for assessment and management of the disorders. This becomes essential due to the co-morbidity of hearing loss and speech-language disorders with other disorders. Read More...