Clinical School

CURRICULUM VITAE

Name : Mr. SACHCHIDANAND SINHA

Qualification : Master in Audiology

Current Position : Lecturer in speech and hearing at Sri Aurbindo Institute of Speech and

Hearing, Indore (MP) from 20th Dec 2014

About Me and My Aims

I am a strong-willed and hard working person whose aim is to pursue a career in Audiology

while conforming to the highest standards of professional excellence. My excellent

communication skills and leadership skills are also a key part of my repertoire and find its use in

my professional life. I am committed to my work and this is what I believe would be the key to

excellence in my field.

EDUCATION QUALIFICATION

Exam Passed Year of Board / University Name of the Institution Marks

Passing obtained

Secondary School 2003 Bihar State Adarsh High School, Bihar 61.14%

Certificate (10th) Examination Board Sharif

Higher Secondary 2003- Bihar Intermediate P.C.P.College, Bihar Sharif 62.77%

Certificate (12th) 2005 Education Council

Bachelor in Audiology & 2007- Bharati Vidyapeeth Bharati vidyapeeth School of 65.30%

Speech Language 2011 Deemed University Audiology and Speech

Pathology, (BASLP) Language Pathology.

M.Sc (Audiology) 2011-13 University of All India Institute Of Speech 71.12 %

Mysore and Hearing, Mysore

Research & publication:

• Singh, N. K., Sarda, S. Sinha, S. & Tamshekar, S. S. (2011) Test retest reliability of

occular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials, Journal of AIISH 30, 207-210.

• Sinha, S. & Singh, N. K. (2011-13). The sub-cortical processing of speech and non-

speech sounds in children with phonological disorders. A dissertation submitted in part

fulfillment for degree of Master of Science (Audiology).

• Rana, B., Juneja, A., Sinha, S., & Rajalakshmi, K. (2014). Comparison of temporal

resolution abilities in elderly musicians and non-musicians with hearing loss.

Proceedings of the International Symposium, FRSM-2014, 21-25.

• Kumar, P., Singh, N. K., & Sinha, S. (2014). Speech duration coding at the auditory

cortex explored through auditory long latency responses. Proceedings of the

International Symposium, FRSM, 2014.

• Kumar, P., Singh, N. K., & Sinha, S. (2014). Fast fourier transform analysis of speech

processed at sub-cortical level in children at risk for central auditory processing

disorders. Accepted for oral presentation in National Society of Acoustics, 2014

• Kumar, P., & Sinha, S (2014). Effect of number of channels and simulated cochlear

implant processing on speech perception. Accepted for CIGICON-2014

Experience:

Worked as research officer at All India Institute of Speech and Hearing in AIISH research

funded project entitled “Speech evoked ABR & LLR in children with (C) APD” from 30th

Sept 2013 to 29th Oct 2014.

Clinical experience

1) Diagnostics

• Have dealt with Pure Tone Audiometry in different kinds of clinical population

and in difficult to test population.

• Have dealt with Play/conditioning Audiometry, Visual Reinforcement Audiometry

and Behavioral Observation Audiometry in many pediatric populations.

• Have dealt with different kinds of special tests like Short Increment Sensitivity

Index (SISI), Tone decay test, Alternate Binaural Loudness Balance (ABLB) Test

and tests for pseudohypacusis (Functional hearing loss/ malingering).

• Have adequate experience in dealing with Impedance Audiometry and

Otoacoustic Emissions (OAEs).

• Have experience in carrying out Brainstem Evoked Response Audiometry

(BERA) and Long Latency Responses (ALLR) in adults and children.

• Have experience in diagnosing individual with auditory neuropathy.

• Have experience in differential diagnosis of cochlear Vs retrocochlear pathology.

• Have experience in assessing disorders like language disorders (Aphasia, Mental

retardation, Autism), Articulation disorders (Dysarthria, apraxia, misarticulation)

voice disorders and stuttering.

• Have experience in using instruments like Vagmi, Dr. Speech, MDVP, nasometer.

2) Hearing aid trial

• Have dealt with selection of different kinds of body level hearing aids for children

and adults.

• Have dealt with electroacoustic measurements of different hearing aids.

• Have dealt with programming of digital hearing aids of different companies.

• Have knowledge about current trends and developments in the area of hearing

aids.

3) Ear mould

• Have adequate experience in making regular hard and soft ear moulds.

• Have dealt with making of shell and skeleton ear moulds.

4) Therapy

• Have experience in handling many children with hearing impairment.

• Have provided Auditory Verbal therapy (AVT) -principal based therapy for

children with hearing impairment.

• Have dealt with children having other disorders like mental retardation, cerebral

palsy along with hearing impairment (Multiple disorders).

• Have experience in handling children and/or adults with Articulation disorders,

Behavioral problems, Autism and other language disorders along with Voice

disorders, Stuttering etc.

5) Noise Measurement.

• Have experience infield noise measurement (Road traffic noise measurement,

school noise measurement..etc)

• Have experience in room acoustics, seminar hall noise measurement.

• Have experience in Pre employment audiometry, annual audiometry, monitoring

audiometry and post employment audiometry.

6) Vestibular Testing

• Have experience in carrying out different vestibular behavioral test,

Electrophysiological test ( cVEMP, oVEMP, CHAMP etc)

• Have experience in helping out in caloric test, ENG and VNG

Professional affiliations

• Rehabilitation Council of India [Reg No. A22340]

Participation in Clinical Conferences, Journal Clubs

• Clinical Conference Presentation in the academic year 2009-2010.

• Journal Club presentation in the academic year 2011-2012.

• Attended 38 Clinical Conferences and 20 Journal club presentations

• Experience in working with Indian Red Cross Society and NSS.

• Experience in industrial worker training related to use of ear plugs, ear muffs etc,

industrial screening and noise measurement.

• Attended different camps conducted by the institute like hospital screening, school

screening.

• Attended a large number of workshops and seminars on diagnosis and rehabilitation of

individuals with communication disorders as well as application of research methods and

technology in the field of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, organized at the

Bharati vidyapeeth School of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology from 2007-

2011.

Workshops and Seminars

Workshop/seminar attended Year

Workshop on recent advancements in cochlear implants 2008

Live surgical workshop on cochlear implant 2008

41st national conference of Indian Speech & Hearing Association 2009

Management on cerebral palsy 2009

MISHACON 2009

Seminars on rights and acts for person with disability 2011

Workshop on techniques in audiological management of auditory 2013

processing disorder

National seminar on cortical auditory evoked potentials and its 2013

application

Extra-curricular & co-curricular achievements

• Won many prizes in Sports & Cultural activities.

Sports Position Year

Badminton (Men’s Doubles) Winner 2009-10

Carrom competition Runner up 2009-10

Cricket Second 2012

Hindi Week Winner 2014

Other Relevant Skills

• Working with various Evoked Potential Systems: Bio-logic, Intelligent Hearing System,

etc.

• Statistical Programs: SPSS

• Microsoft Office : Word, Excel, Power Point

• Speech editing softwares: Adobe audition, PRAAT etc.

• Other software: MATLAB, ASCII etc

• Ability to work as a team member in a multidisciplinary team

Personal profile

Age/Gender : 27yrs/M

Date of Birth : 02/10/1987

Nationality : Indian

Marital status : Unmarried

Residential Address : S/O Girwardhari Prasad

Village- Chhattar Bigha

Post- Amawan

Dist- Nalanda, Bihar, India.

Mobile No : +91, 702-***-****

E – Mail : ***********.******@*****.***

Languages Known : Hindi, English, Kannada and Marathi

I hereby declare that the above stated information is true to the best of my knowledge.

Place: Indore

Date: 19-03-2015 (SACHCHIDANAND SINHA)

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