Ali Yavar Jung National Institute for the Hearing Handicapped

A large number of hearing impaired living in rural, far–flung and remote areas do not get the attention, that the hearing impaired living in urban areas get. With the aim of making available the services – diagnosis, fitment, counselling and creating awareness, an Outreach and Extension Service Department was created and launched in the year 1989.

Since then, a team of multi–professionals armed with diagnostic equipment and fitment aids, provide services by camping in rural and far flung areas – right from Kashmir to Kanyakumari. In addition, they also provide guidance to the interested local NGO's of the rural areas, in setting up service centres, pre–schools, vocational training centres, etc

Comprehensive diagnostic, therapeutic, educational services are provided to the hearing & speech impaired. An inter–disciplinary team of audiologists, speech language pathologists, special educators, psychologists, social workers, ENT specialist, pediatrician and neurologist maintain high standard of rehabilitation services like:

• Evaluation and diagnosis of hearing, speech and language impairment
• Medical consultation and guidance
• Selection and fitting of hearing aids and ear moulds
• Speech and language therapy
• Parent Infant Programme and Pre-School services
• Parent guidance and counseling
• Educational evaluation and guidance to parents
• Psychological evaluation and counseling
• Psychotherapy, behaviour therapy and play therapy
• Vocational counseling, training and placement
• Referral and follow up services
• Certification of hearing disability
• National Open School-Special Accredited Institution for Education of the Disabled
• Outreach and extension services
• Material development & its distribution to different target groups
• Awareness programs for different target groups
• Information, documentation and dissemination services
• Technical guidance to various agencies
• Indian Sign Language Interpreter Services
• Genetic Counselling Services
• Post Cochlear Implant Rehabilitition Centre

The institute functions from Monday to Friday except on public holidays notified by the Central Government, from 9 am to 5.30 pm.

Clinical Service is provided on all working days from 9 am to 5.30 pm. But timings for registration of new cases is restricted as below:

• New Registration ( Local clients ) – 9 am to 12 noon
• New Registration ( Out station clients ) – 9 am to 3 pm