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Pooja Mundada

2 Yrs 4 Mos of experience

Languages: Marathi, Hindi, English,

Speech Language Pathologists understand what a child does not say

Overview

Pooja Mundada is a member of ISHA (Indian Speech and Hearing Association) and RCI (Rehab Council of India). She has received her Bachelors degree and Master's degree from Manipal Academy of Higher Education. Pooja has worked in various hospital set ups and schools during her internship where she has worked with children with disability of various age groups (Asha Nilaya School and Vocational Rehabilitation Center for Mentally Challenged, Manasa Rehabilitation Training Center, TMA Pai Hospital – Udupi). She has also worked as a fellow in voice and swallowing clinic at Bombay hospital where she gained experience in management of voice disorders and dysphagia management. Pooja has also gained experienced in different approaches such as LSVT OPT NMES Vital Stim. She is Trained in using Computerized Speech Lab (CSL), Multi-dimensional Speech Profile (MDVP) and VAGHMI. She has extensively worked with children with delayed speech and language skills, phonological and articulation disorder and adults with voice disorders. She believes in holistic management and thus has conducted various outdoor group therapy sessions and also collaborated with other professionals while managing her patients. She also takes keen intrest in aphasia, dysarthria and dysphagia management. She has actively participated in various seminars and workshops and won the Best Paper presentation Award for ‘Disfluencies in typically Fluent young English dominant Bilingual Adults – An Observational Study’ at the conference 'Recent trends in Assessment and Management of Individuals with stuttering'. She has also done poster presentation in 13th Phonosurgery Workshop,Mumbai. Her research areas are in fluency and voice disorders. She was a team Member for writing and data collection for the research paper ‘Voice therapy in Sulcus Vocalis’. She has also participated in workshops designed to educate parents, caregivers, and teachers about speech-language disorders, impact on academics and social behavior, and strategies for development. With a sincere desire to ease the struggle of communication and her professionalism she is able to make tailor made plans and provide best intervention for her patients.

My Services

Areas of Expertise

PARENT COUNSELLING

Counseling parents of developmental disorders

Counsel on therapy goals and therapy program

Provide home training program to parent

Give tips to parent to work at homeTrain and advice parent on preparation of therapy material

LANGUAGE ASSESSMENT IN ADULTS (APHASIA)

Assess client’s speech, language, and cognitive skills

Informal conversation and take language sample of client

Also conduct oral motor examination

Interviews with client and family and provide counseling on therapeutic management

Plan therapy program on areas required.

Train family members with home training strategies

ADULT SPEECH DISORDERS (DYSARTHRIA)

Assessment and management of individual’s neuromotor problems

Describe speech subsystems affected

Identify problem like swallowing, language, speech clarity and cognition.

Work on strength and movement of oro facial structures

Plan for improving speech intelligibility and work on cognitive abilities

SPEECH SOUND DISORDERS

Assessment of speech sound errors while speaking

Conduct orofacial examination and Screen oral motor functioning

Assessment of language comprehension and production

Articulation therapy is used for each of the error sound.

ASSESSMENT OF FLUENCY DISORDERS

Assessment of severity of stammering and identify associated secondary problems

Provide counseling to cope up with stress

Planning of fluency therapy program

Conduct individual and group sessions

SPEECH AND LANGUAGE ASSESSMENTS FOR CHILDREN

Analysis and management of slow speech and language development

Work with Autism spectrum disorders and provide training programs

Identify and help children with specific learning disability to overcome speech sound problems

Identify and provide support for children with language and communication problems

Work with different disorders like Down syndrome, mentally challenged, cerebral palsy, auditory verbal therapy for hearing impaired children

Provide training and education to caregivers.

Experience

Let's Talk Speech Therapy09/14/201811/14/2020

Duration: 2 years 3 month(s)

Speech Language Pathologist

CIMHANS02/14/202105/14/2021

Duration: 3 month(s)

Speech therapist

Education

Masters in speech language pathology and audiology

Duration: 2 years 3 month(s)

Manipal Academy of higher Education | 06/14/201608/14/2018

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