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[[File:Speech and Hearing Institute, Mysore.jpg|thumb|Speech and Hearing Institute, Manasagangotri, Mysore.]]
The '''All India Institute of Speech and Hearing''', commonly known as '''AIISH''' (AYE-SH), is located in Manasagangotri ([[Mysore University]] Campus), [[Mysore]], [[India]]. It is an autonomous institute under the [[Ministry of Health and Family Welfare (India)|Ministry of Health and Family Welfare]].<ref>{{cite news |title=Institute seeks deemed university status |url=https://www.thehindu.com/todays-paper/tp-national/tp-karnataka/Institute-seeks-deemed-university-status/article16530551.ece |access-date=23 August 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=10 August 2009 |language=en-IN}}</ref> The institute was established in 1966 with a focus on training professionals for [[Speech communication|speech]] and [[Hearing (sense)|hearing]] sciences.

==Overview==

AIISH is affiliated to the [[University of Mysore]] and offers undergraduate, graduate, and doctoral degrees in Speech and Hearing. It offers the following courses:<ref name=mysore>{{cite web|title=All India Institute of Speech and Hearing|url=http://www.minglebox.com/college/All-India-Institute-of-Speech-and-Hearing-Mysore|publisher=minglebox.com|access-date=22 October 2013}}</ref><ref name=punar>{{cite web|title=All India Institute of Speech and Hearing|url=http://punarbhava.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=863&Itemid=274|publisher=punarbhava.in|access-date=22 October 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151127071351/http://punarbhava.in/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=863&Itemid=274|archive-date=27 November 2015|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name=youtube>{{cite web|title=Speech and Hearing in India, SLP Sanjay Kumar with media talking on Puberphonia |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LW-nJv5bZrU|publisher=youtube.com|access-date=22 October 2013}}</ref>

AIISH also conducts research in speech-language [[pathology]], [[audiology]], [[Speech science|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 [[Academic journal|journal]]

AIISH has been recognized as a center of excellence in the area of deafness by [[World Health Organization]] (WHO). It has also received recognition from the [[University Grants Commission (India)|University Grants Commission]] (UGC) as a center for advanced research and from the Department of Science & Technology (DST) as a Science and Technology Institute.<ref>{{cite news |last1=Bennur |first1=Shankar |title=Five research centres coming up at AIISH |url=https://www.thehindu.com/news/national/karnataka/five-research-centres-coming-up-at-aiish/article24567372.ece |access-date=23 August 2018 |work=The Hindu |date=1 August 2018 |language=en-IN}}</ref>

AIISH provides clinical services for speech, [[language]], and hearing disorders through its clinical service program. The therapy clinic provides assessment and intervention services, for variety of speech, language, and hearing disorders, to individuals of all ages. It also offers public education programs and conducts workshops for speech-language [[pathologists]], [[audiologist]]s, educators for the hearing impaired, medical, and allied health professionals.

==See also==
*[[Speech-language pathology|Speech-language Pathology]]
*[[All India Institute of Medical Sciences Delhi]]

==References==
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==External links==
*[https://www.youtube.com/user/sanjay1774/videos Videos both before and after treatment by a Speech Language Pathologist and an alumnus of this Institute at Youtube]
*[http://www.aiishmysore.com All India Institute of Speech and Hearing]

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