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{{Short description|Indian otorhinolaryngologist, medical researcher and inventor}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1955|11|27|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[New Delhi, India]]
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| occupation = [[Otorhinolaryngologists|Otorhinolaryngologist]]
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| known for = Hans Speech Valve
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| awards = [[Padma Shri]]
| website = {{URL|http://www.drjmhans.com/invention.php|drjmhans.com}}
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'''J M Hans''' is an Indian [[Otorhinolaryngologists|otorhinolaryngologist]], medical researcher and the inventor of ''HANS speech valve'' for speech rehabilitation after laryngeal cancer surgery.<ref name="Autographs of Scholars and Scientists of India">{{cite web | url=http://www.indianautographs.com/productdetail-209205.html | title=Autographs of Scholars and Scientists of India | publisher=Indian Autographs | date=2015 | access-date=27 November 2015 | archive-date=8 December 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208044921/http://www.indianautographs.com/productdetail-209205.html | url-status=dead }}</ref> He is a founder member of the Cochlear Implant Group of India and has been a part of the [[Defence Research and Development Organisation]] (DRDO) sponsored project team that developed an indigenous [[Bionic Ear]] in 2013.<ref name="Indian researchers set to test market-busting, low-cost homegrown bionic ear">{{cite web | url=http://www.marketexpress.in/2014/11/indian-researchers-set-test-market-busting-low-cost-homegrown-bionic-ear.html | title=Indian researchers set to test market-busting, low-cost homegrown bionic ear | publisher=Market Express | date=17 November 2014 | access-date=27 November 2015}}</ref> Born on 27 November 1955,<ref name="Autographs of Scholars and Scientists of India" /> he graduated in medicine from the [[University of Meerut]] in 1978<ref name="Indian Medical Registry Search">{{cite web | url=http://www.mciindia.org/InformationDesk/IndianMedicalRegister.aspx | title=Indian Medical Registry Search | publisher=Medical Council of India | date=2015 | access-date=27 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151005063228/http://www.mciindia.org/InformationDesk/IndianMedicalRegister.aspx | archive-date=5 October 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He has served as the Honorary ENT Surgeon to the [[Prime Minister of India]] and is a government nominee at Ali Yajur Jung National Institute for Deafness, Mumbai and the [[All India Institute of Speech and Hearing]], Mysore.<ref name="Doctor's Profile">{{cite web | url=http://www.fortiscdoc.com/doctors.php?id=33 | title=Doctor's Profile | publisher=Fortis Hospitala | date=2015 | access-date=27 November 2015 | archive-date=9 October 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171009195120/http://www.fortiscdoc.com/doctors.php?id=33 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He is reported to have pioneered the [[Minimally invasive surgery|minimally-invasive surgical]] techniques for [[cochlear implants]]<ref name="Kids to break silence with chip implant">{{cite web | url=http://www.blkhospital.com/uploaded_files/news/pdf_23.pdf | title=Kids to break silence with chip implant | publisher=Times of India | date=3 October 2011 | access-date=27 November 2015 | archive-date=3 June 2021 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210603093209/https://www.blkhospital.com/uploaded_files/news/pdf_23.pdf | url-status=dead }}</ref> and is a member of the advisory boards of the [[Union Public Service Commission]] and [[World Health Organization]] (WHO).<ref name="Dr. J.M Hans">{{cite web | url=http://www.rocklandhospitals.com/dwarka/doctor.php?id=86&linkid=160 | title=Dr. J.M Hans | publisher=Rockland Hospital | date=2015 | access-date=27 November 2015 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151208131131/http://www.rocklandhospitals.com/dwarka/doctor.php?id=86&linkid=160 | archive-date=8 December 2015 | url-status=dead }}</ref> He was Chairman of the 3rd National CIGI Conference in New Delhi, 4–6 November 2005, where President [[Abdul Kalam]] of India presented.<ref>{{Cite web | title=Prez Kalam lends an ear to special cause {{!}} Delhi News - Times of India | url=https://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/city/delhi/prez-kalam-lends-an-ear-to-special-cause/articleshow/1285940.cms | access-date=2026-01-25 | website=timesofindia.indiatimes.com}}</ref> The Government of India awarded him the fourth highest civilian honour of the [[Padma Shri]] in 2005, for his contributions towards medicine.

Prof Dr J M Hans Cochlear Implantation Surgery Former He was the Professor and Head of the department of ENT at Ram Manohar Lohia Hospital, New Delhi (1999.2009)

<ref name="Padma Awards">{{cite web|url=http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |title=Padma Awards |publisher=Ministry of Home Affairs, Government of India |date=2015 |access-date=21 July 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151015193758/http://mha.nic.in/sites/upload_files/mha/files/LST-PDAWD-2013.pdf |archive-date=15 October 2015 }}</ref>

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[[Category:20th-century Indian surgeons]]
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GeorgiannaMoberg at 12:40, 5 March 2026