Doctoral and Dissertation Research
Doctoral Research
| Year | Topic | Student | Guide |
| 2017 | Auditory Temporal Processing & Visual Processing in Children with Deficits in Reading | Namita Joshi | Dr. C.S. Vanaja |
| 2017 | Audio vestibular profile and quality of life in person with benign paroxysmal positional vertigo | Sharda Sarda | Dr. C.S. Vanaja |
| 2019 | Acoustics and perceptual Analysis of Speech in Individuals with Dysarthria | Rohini Chand Mall | Dr. C.S. Vanaja |
| 2018 | Comparative study of phonological awareness in Marathi of typically developing children and children with operated cleft lip and palate | Aarti Waknis | Dr. C.S. Vanaja |
| 2019 | Spoken language processing in children with and without risk for CAPD: A comparative study | Piyush Sone | Dr. C.S. Vanaja |
Dissertation Research 2019
Dissertation Research 2019
| Topic | Student | Guide/co-guide |
| Usefulness of in-situ audiometry in hearing aid fitting in individuals with sensorineural hearing loss. | Mr.AdityaVinayakChopade | Mrs. PrajaktaNalat |
| Quality of life due to dysphagia following head & neck cancers | Ms.ZainabAliasgerSojar | Mrs. MansiJagtap |
| Impact of performance task on vocal characteristics in voice over artists | Ms.PoornimaVinayak Joshi | Mrs. MansiJagtap |
| Association of otolith function and quality of life in individuals with prediabetics and Type 2 Diabetes Mellitus | Ms.VaishnaviHemantGajaria | Dr. ShardaSarda |
| Awareness of Speech and Language Milestones in Pregnant Women and New Mothers | Ms.VedantiArvindPatil | Dr. AartiWaknis |
| Parent child interaction and literacy exposure at home in children at risk of reading deficits | Ms.SamhitaSwaminathan | Dr. Namita Joshi |
| Effect of tinnitus on cognitive performance | Ms.Harleen Kaur | Dr. ShardaSarda |
| Auditory comprehension abilities of Marathi speaking individuals with Traumatic Brain injury | Ms. JuileeNaik | Dr. MedhaKarbhari- Adhyaru/ Mrs. ShwetaMundada |
| Cognition and swallowing in persons with mild and moderate dementia-A Preliminary Study | Ms.P. Shalini S. Narayanan | Ms. SonalChitnis |
| Acoustic and perceptual characteristics of voice following dopamine medication in person with Parkinson's disease | Ms.MaitreyeeMilind Kulkarni | Mrs. MansiJagtap |
| Quality of Life of individuals with dysphagia secondary to Parkinson's disease. | Ms. Prashansha Chauhan | Mrs. Rohini Chand Mall |
| Quality of life in individuals with dysarthria secondary to Parkinson's Disease and secondary to stroke | Ms.Aishwarya More | Mrs. Rohini Chand Mall |
| Analyzing rhythm in Marathi speaking individuals with dysarthria | Ms.ShamangiKshitishNakhare | Mrs. Rohini Chand Mall |
| Comparison of syntax among Marathi speaking children with cochlear implants and hearing aids | Mr.RatanJadhav PRN | Dr.MedhaKarbhariAdhyaru Mr. PiyushSone |
| Quality of life related changes in children with cochlear implants and their families | Mr.Nikhil Anil Agrawal | Mrs. PrajaktaNalat |
| Development of an Auditory Learning Manual in Marathi for children with Hearing impairment | Ms. Aishwarya Ashok Malu | Dr. C. S. Vanaja Mrs. Shweta Deshpande |
| Pragmatic ability of children with severe to profound hearing loss | Ms.Hemangi Ashok Vaidya | Dr.AartiWaknis |
| Development of tool to assess cognitive linguistic abilities in Marathi speaking individuals | Ms.HeminaDawar | Ms. SonalChitnis |
| Semantic association skills in individuals with stroke | Ms.Audrey Alex Dsouza | Ms. SonalChitnis |
| Development of phonological awareness in Marathi in typically developing children with mother tongue Marathi attending English medium & Marathi medium schools. | Ms.MrunmayiMilindMeshramkar | Dr.AartiWaknis |
Dissertation Research 2018
Dissertation Research 2018
| Topic | Student | Guide / Co-guide |
| A comparative study of Auditory Comprehension Abilities of Marathi Speaking Typically Developing Children and Children with Learning Disability | Chougule Rushikesh Mallinath | Dr. Medha Karbhari Adhyaru Mrs. Mansi jagtap |
| Reliability of perceptual assessments of hypernasality due to cleft lip and palate | D.V.S.Ektha | Mrs. Aarti Waknis |
| Effect of stimulus frequencies on air conducted ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potential in typically developing children | Talari Srisailam | Mrs. PrajktaNalat Mrs. Shweta Mundada |
| Effect of Age and Gender on sequential swallow in liquids | Dhoni Namrata Krishna | Mrs. Mansi Jagtap |
| Subjective and Objective verification of Frequency Compression Technology in individuals with Sensorineural Hearing Loss | Darakh Saurabh Shrikant | Dr. Sharda Sarda |
| Development of Speech in Noise Test in Marathi for children between 3-6 years. | Anjusha M | Dr. Sharda Sarda |
| Association between cortical auditory evoked potentials and auditory skills in children using cochlear implant | Shantanu Sunil Saundankar | Dr.C.S.Vanaja |
| Development of English language in Marathi speaking children attending English medium schools (Senior Kindergarten & Grade I). | Kottapurathu Merin Jose | Mrs. Aarti Waknis |
| Comparative study of Oral Skills between Preterm Children and Typically Developing Children | Shruti Kumari | Ms. Sonal Chitnis |
| Cognition and speech understanding in older Adults with Hearing Loss | Hely Nimish Shah | Dr.C.S.Vanaja |
| Vocal problem and vocal awareness in trainee teachers | Ruchi Gokuldas Mundhada | Dr.Namita Joshi |
| Comparison of early prelingual auditory skills in typically developing children and children using cochlear implant | Hemlata Jaiswara | Mrs. PrajktaNalat |
| Information Processing Skills in Healthy Aging Individuals | Priyanka Dubey | Ms. Sonal Chitnis |
| Development of Pragmatics of Typically Developing Marathi Speaking Children (4 to7 Years) | Deshpande Gauri Satyavijay | Mrs. Aarti Waknis |
| N3 Potentials and cervical vestibular evoked myogenic potentials in children using cochlear Implants | Lamina S | Mrs. Prajkta Nalat |
| Time Compressed Speech Test in Hindi | Betsy Eapen | Mrs. Varenya Kaushik |
| Exploring Semantic Skills in Individuals with Epilepsy | Jain Kinjal Dilip | Ms. Sonal Chitnis |
| Effect of vocal loading on voice characteristics of individuals with and without Dysphonia | Feba Koshy | Dr. Namita Joshi |
| Usefulness of Vestibular Screening test in Children with Hearing Impairment | Bhagat Hitesh Jitendra | Mrs. Prajkta Nalat |
| Association of Client- Centered Questionnaire with SNR 50 in individuals with Hearing Loss | Surbhi Trivedi | Dr. Sharda Sarda |
| Oromotor and swallowing skills following stroke | Ann Rittu Kurian | Mrs. Mansi Jagtap |
| Social Communication Abilities of Individuals with Epilepsy | Ankit Arora | Mrs. Medha Karbhari Adhyaru Ms. Sonal chitins |
| Development of High Frequency Speech Identification Test in Arabic Language | Fatima Mustafa Anwar | Mrs. Varenya Kaushik |
| Acoustic, spectral and cepstral analysis of voice of individuals trained in vedic chants | Konar Thamaraiselvi Muthu Krishnan | Dr. Namita Joshi |
| Reading Comprehension ability of Marathi speaking Typically developing children and children with reading difficulties | Jadhav Akshata Vijay | Dr. Medha Karbhari Adhyaru Ms. Shweta Mundada |
Dissertation Research 2017
Dissertation Research 2017
| Topic | Student | Guide / Co-guide |
| Speech perception in children using bimodal fitting versus children using cochlear implant alone | Prakash Bhardwaj | Mrs. Sharda Sarda |
| Association of Visual Perceptual skills and Pre-Reading Skills in Typically Developing Hindi Speaking Children Between 3-6 Years | Bhargavi Raman | Mrs. Namita Joshi |
| Exploring executive functions in neurologically and cognitively healthy individuals versus individuals with stroke: A preliminary study | Christina Susan Samuel | Mrs. Sonal Chitnis |
| Effect of Advancing Age on Dichotic Listening To Words in Adults with Normal Hearing Sensitivity | Kulkarni Madhura Ashok | Mrs. Varenya Kaushik |
| Effect of years of Experience on Speaking Voice of Professional Voice Users | Kulkarni Suchita Sharad | Mrs. Namita Joshi |
| Auditory and Communication skills in Marathi Speaking children with cochlear implants | Momin Zeba Kamil | Mrs. Prajakta Nalat |
| Reading Skills in Typically Developing Marathi Speaking Children Between 6 to 9 Years | Mutha Kajol Dinesh | Mrs. Namita Joshi |
| Phonemic Awareness in English in Typically Developing Marathi Speaking children attending English Medium Schools | Nellangara Neha Jose | Mrs. Aarti Waknis |
| Verbal Fluency and Verbal Diadochokinesis Measures as an important cognitive markers in Individuals with Stroke –An Exploratory Study | Nidhiya Babu | Mrs. Sonal Chitnis |
| Effect of Dysarthria in Limiting and Restricting Individual’s Functioning in Life :Self Perception and SLP’S Perception | Prathiksha Vaidhyanathan | Mrs. Rohini Chand Mal |
| Gestural Comprehension in Aphasia-An Explorative Study | RevithaThankom George | Dr. Medha Karbhari Adhyaru |
| Auditory Perceptual Ratings of Speech Intelligibility of Dysarthria Speakers by Non SLP’S, Trainee SLP’S, and exp SLP’S, | Saneer khan R M | Mrs. Rohini Chand Mal |
| Effect of Time Compressed speech on Speech Recognition in Adults | Sasanka Sekhar Pani | Mrs. Varenya Kaushik |
| Air and Bone conducted Ocular Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potentials in Individuals with Giddiness | Sophi Sam | Mrs. Prajakta Nalat |
| Cognitive Abilities and Benefit of Noise Reduction Technology in Hearing Aid Users | Thokala Dhatri Gangadhararao | Mrs. Sharda Sarda |
Dissertation Research 2016
Dissertation Research 2016
| Topic | Student | Guide / Co-guide |
| An Investigation of Auditory Comprehension Deficits Among Individuals with Neurological Degenerative Disorders | Apala Gupta | Dr. Medha Karbhari Adhyaru |
| Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential induce by Air and Bone conducted stimuli | Arun Kumar c | Mrs. Prajakta Nalat |
| Dichotic Rhyme Test In Marathi | Gaikwad Meeta | Mrs. Varenya Kaushik |
| Effectiveness of Communication Abilities of Individuals with Aphasia –A preliminary study in the Indian context | Gandrajupalli swetha | Dr. Medha Karbhari Adhyaru |
| Pragmatic Development of Children with Cleft Lip and Palate from 1 to 4 years | Maheshwari Deepali Ashok | Mrs. Aarti Waknis |
| Development of Language Test in Marathi for Children between 7 to 12 Years | Bhagyashree Abhijeet Salunkhe | Mrs. Namita Joshi |
| Development of Bedside Screening Test for Individuals with Dysphagia | Phalke Akanksha Arvind | Mrs. Rohini Chand Mal |
| Sentence Recognition In Noise In Native and Non-Native Marathi Speaking Adults | Yasha Balakrishna Shetty | Mrs. Varenya Kaushik |
| Effect of Epley’s manuver on Quality of life in individuals with Benign Paroxysmal positional Vertigo | Ankit | Mrs. Prajakta Nalat |
| Modified Romberg Test in Persons with and without Vestibular Dysfunction | Patil Amit Purushotam | Mrs. Sharda Sarda |
| Speaking rate and Articulation rate of Marathi speaking typically developing children and in children with cleft lip and palate | Deshmukh Tanvi Manoj | Mrs. Aarti Waknis |
| Phonological Awareness and Early Reading Skills in English in typically Developing Marathi Speaking Children | Parihar Halley Dhala Ram | Mrs. Aarti Waknis |
Dissertation Research 2015
Dissertation Research 2015
| Topic | Student | Guide / Co-guide |
| Usefulness of Fukuda and Head Impulse Test in identifying the patients with vestibular dysfunction | Neha Jain | Mrs. Prajkta Nalat |
| Assessment of Auditory Comprehension Skills of Marathi Speaking School Going Children | Chitnis Aakanksha | Dr. Medha Karbhari |
| Pragmatic abilities of children with Autism Spectrum Disorder in the age range of 2-6 Years | Gejji Anisha Vivek | Mrs. Aarti Waknis |
| A Follow -up study of Dysphagia Recovery in Individuals with stroke. | Khade Trupti | Mrs.Rohini Chand Mall |
| Development of Auditory Comprehension Test in Marathi Language for individuals with Aphasia | Kothari Kiyomi | Dr.Medha Karbhari |
| Curriculum Based Language Skills in Hindi for Students Between 12 to 16 Years of Age | Sharma Nidhi | Mrs. Namita Joshi |
| Pre Reading Skills in Hindi Speaking Children Between 3 to 6 Years | Sood Nilanshu | Mrs. Namita Joshi |
| Association between Acceptable Noise Level and Self-reported hearing aid benefit | Jayaram Priyanka | Mrs. Prajakta Nalat |
| Relationship between Speech Intelligibility and Acoustic Parameters of Speech in Individuals with Dysarthria Post Stroke | Sharon Mary Oommen | Mrs. Rohini Chand Mall |
| Quality of Life in persons with Tinnitus | Arushi Kapoor | Mrs. Sharda Sarda |
| Cortical Auditory Evoked Potentials and Acceptance Noise level in Hearing Aid Users | Mangaonkar Gauri Pradip | Mrs. Sharda Sarda |
Dissertation Research 2014
Dissertation Research 2014
| Topic | Student | Guide / Co-guide |
| Amplitude of ASSR and Loudness Growth Function in persons with normal hearing and those with sensorineural hearing loss | Amrita Bhandarkar | Dr.C.S.Vanaja |
| An Effect of Directional Microphone on SNR-50 | Anil Kumar Yadav | Mrs.Sharda Sarda |
| Effect of Aging on Acoustic Characteristics of Speech in Healthy individuals | Ayesha Massey | Mrs.Rohini Chand Mall |
| Perception of high frequency marathi words in noise | Bedke Dhanaji Jagannath | Dr. C.S. Vanaja |
| SNR-50 and ANL with and without hearing aid in individuals with sensorineural hearing loss | Harish Shinde | Dr.C.S.Vanaja |
| Development of client centered questionnaire in Marathi for reporting hearing aid benefit | Jayvardhan Singh | Dr.C.S.Vanaja |
| Development of test of articulation in sentence form in Marathi | Marathe Kiran Eknath | Mrs.Namita Joshi |
| Exploring language abilities and oro motor abilities in children with stuttering (CWS) and children with no stuttering (CWNS) | Neha Tiwari | Mrs.Namita Joshi |
| Language Development and speech rate in Gujarati speaking children (3-7years). | Shah Vidhiben Sunilkumar | Mrs.Aarti Waknis |
| Evaluation of hearing aid benefit using speech ABR and Speech CAEPS | Swati Chandel | Dr. C.S. Vanaja |
| Quality of life in Individuals with Dysphagia | Shreya Kothari | Mrs.Rohini Chand Mall |
| Phonological Awareness in English in typically developing children with mother tongue Marathi | Tabitha Virginia Chintala | Mrs.Aarti Waknis |
| Pragmatic Development of Typically Developing Children from birth to four years. | Thakur Zohaa Salim | Mrs.Aarti Waknis |
| Association of c VEMP and Caloric test with quality of life in individuals with dizziness | Tishya Joshi | Ms. Sharada Sarda |
| Effect of age and Gender on cognitive Linguistics abilities in Typical Marathi speaking individuals | Yumlembam Pushparani Devi | Mrs.Namita Joshi |
| Otolith Functioning in Individuals with Diabetes Mellitus type 2 with and without Polyneuropathy | Nuha Ghiyas | Mrs.Sharda Sarda |
Dissertation Research 2013
Dissertation Research 2013
| Topic | Student | Guide / Co-guide |
| A comparative investigation of the speech associated attitude of preschool and kindergarten children who do and do not stutter. | Bharmal Alifia Kutub | Mrs. Maya Sanghi |
| Effect of age on caloric test, gaze test and vestibular evoked myogenic potential | Bhat Swati Dilip | Mrs. Sharda Sarda |
| Language development of children with cleft palate with/ without cleft lip from 3 to 7 years | Chaudhari Sneha Deepak | Mrs. Aarti Waknis |
| Development of an acceptable noise level test for Marathi speaking adults with hearing impairment | Chavan Supriya Madhavrao | Mrs. Sharda Sarda |
| Effect of age and gender on nasalance of typically developing Marathi speaking children. | Sunny Chintu | Mrs. Aarti Waknis |
| Development of Tinnitus Reaction Index | Christy Martin | Mrs. Sharda Sarda |
| Assessment of impact of stuttering on quality of life of individuals with stuttering | Garima Dixit | Mrs. Namita Joshi |
| Language development of children with preterm birth | Gupta Namrata Rajesh | Mrs. Aarti Waknis |
| Auditory brainstem and cortical evoked responses in individuals with stuttering | Hanna Nelson | Mrs. Geeta Gore |
| Age effect on SNR-50 in individuals with normal hearing sensitivity | Karulkar Rasika Rajiv | Mrs. Geeta Gore |
| Perceptual and instrumental analysis of voice of children with cleft palate with/ without cleft lip | Kulkarni Sneha Prakash | Mrs. Aarti Waknis |
| Effect of training on listener’s perception of speech of individuals with dysarthria | Kurdukar Madhura Dhundiraj | Mrs. Rohini Chand Mall |
| Comparison of the effectiveness of two methods of vocal hygiene program: a preliminary study. | Mehta Urvi Arvindbhai | Mrs. Maya Sanghi |
| Test retest reliability of real ear insertion gain in open canal hearing aid designed for individuals with hearing Impairment | Nihar Pradhan | Mrs. Sharda Sarda |
| Communication related quality of life in individuals with dysarthria- development of a questionnaire. | Panicker Rachana Sasidhar | Mrs. Rohini Chand Mall |
| Association of caloric, cVEMP and oVEMP in individuals with peripheral vestibular pathology | Malik Parul | Mrs. Sharda Sarda |
| Acoustical and perceptual evaluation of voice of vocal professionals | Pathan Sana Zeb Mushir | Mrs. Namita Joshi |
| Effect of exponential amplitude modulation on auditory steady state responses for stimuli with mixed modulation: a preliminary investigation on individuals with sensorineural hearing loss. | Patil Sunil Pandurang | Dr. C.S.Vanaja |
| Effect of age and gender on voice in 4 to 18 year old typically developing individuals | Rawal Sonakshi Rajesh | Mrs. Namita Joshi |
| Speech perception in noise and contralateral suppression of otoacoustic emissions in children | Sruthi S.G | Dr. C.S.Vanaja |
| Analysis of rate in individuals with dysarthria associated with Parkinson's Disease. | Yukti Ajwani | Mrs. Rohini Chand Mall |
Dissertation Research 2012
Dissertation Research 2012
| Topic | Student | Guide / Co-guide |
| Multi component tympanometry in children with cleft palate. | Anu Raj | Dr. C.S. Vanaja |
| Dysfluencies in typical Hindi speaking children in the age group of 2 ½ -4 ½ years. | Arpita Masih | Mrs. Maya Sanghi |
| Assessment of speech intelligibility across various speech task in individuals with Dysarthria. | Chithra Kiran M. S | Mrs. Rohini Chand Mall |
| Acoustics analysis of segmental features in individuals with dysarthria associated with Parkinson’s disease. | Della Maria Jimmy | Mrs. Rohini Chand Mall |
| Development of language in children with mother tongue Marathi in the age range of 9-36 months. | Dharmapal Dongol. | Mrs. Aarti Waknis |
| High frequency tympanometry and acoustic reflexes in neonates and infants with normal hearing. | Dipti Gupta | Dr. C.S. Vanaja |
| Acoustic & perceptual analysis of stress in individuals with dysarthria associated with Parkinson’s disease. | Gayathri Menon | Mrs. Rohini Chand Mall |
| Perceptual and instrumental analysis of hyper nasality in individuals with repaired cleft lip and/or palate. | Heena Seth | Mrs. Aarti Waknis |
| Comparison of scores of locus of control behavior scale in typical individuals and individuals with stuttering. | Sachin Kumbhar | Mrs. Maya Sanghi |
| Development of early speech perception test for Marathi speaking children with hearing impairment. | Kuruvilla Mathew | Mrs. Sharda Sarda |
| Singer’s formant in Hindustani classical singers-A preliminary study. | Manna Ann Raju | Mrs. Namita Joshi |
| Correlation between clinician’s perception & client perception of dysphonia. | Nidhin Kurian | Mrs. Namita Joshi |
| Efficacy of speech evoked cortical auditory evoked potential (CAEP) in hearing aid verification. | Nimisha Khandelwal | Dr. C.S. Vanaja |
| The effect of listening environment and earphone style on preferred listening levels in normal hearing adults using mobile phone. | Mahendra Sarsambe | Mrs. Namita Joshi |
| Effect of age on speech evoked brainstem response. | Suraj B. | Mrs. Geeta Gore |
| Dizziness handicap, caloric test and VEMP in persons with dizziness: A preliminary report. | Swarup Mishra | Dr. C.S. Vanaja |
| A screening tool for identification of children with learning difficulty. | Swathy Ann Alexander | Mrs. Namita Joshi |
| Effect of age on cervical and ocular vestibular evoked myogenic potentials. | Aneesha Wachasundar | Mrs. Geeta Gore |