The department is dedicated to evaluation and diagnosis of speech and language disorders in pediatric as well as the adult population.

Speech disorders can occur as a problem with the articulation of speech sounds, dysfluent speech/stammering and can also manifest as voice problems.  Speech disorders can be present alone or in conjunction with other neurological disorders like dysarthria, apraxia, cerebral palsy etc.

Speech Assessment Tests

1. Stuttering Severity Index
2. Stuttering Prediction Instrument
3. Malayalam Articulation Test
4. Photo Articulation Test
5. FrenchayDysarthric Assessment
6. Apraxia Battery for Adults
7. Behaviour assessment battery for school-age children who stutter
8. Dr. Speech Voice Analysis system
9. VAGHMI
10. PRAAT
11. Proforma - CP, Voice, Fluency, Laryngectomy, Cleft lip & Palate.

Language problems are seen in both adults and children. In adults, it occurs usually after a neurological insult like in case of stroke/ accident/ blow to head/ old age. In children language delays/ deviancy etc may occur alone as in case of Specific Language Impairment or it can occur as a result of conditions like Cerebral Palsy, Mental Subnormality, Autism Spectrum Disorders, Hearing loss etc.
 

Language Assessment Tools

1. Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination test
2. Western Aphasia Battery
3. Receptive and Expressive Emergent Language Scale
4. Scale of Early Communication Skills
5. 3 Dimensional Language Acquisition Skills
6. Childhood Autism Rating Scale
7. Revised Token Test
8. Test of Language Development
9. Linguistic Profile Test
10. Autistic Behavior Composite Checklist and Profile
11. Malayalam Language Test
12. Illinois test of Psycholinguistic ability
13. Assessment of Language Development
14. Modified Checklist for Autism in Toddlers