Our Credentials

About_Doctor

Somenath Mukherjee

Early Life

  • An eminent name in the field of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology
  • He had completed his bachelor in the field of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology and masters in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology from AYJNIHH (ERC) Kolkata under West Bengal University of Health Sciences.
  • He started his early career as a consultant Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist in Peerless Hospital and Apollo Gleneagles Hospital for more than 10 years.
  • As a practitioner he was quite successful and popular as a speech language pathologist among speech and hearing impaired patients.
  • In 2006, he along with his 10 friends founded Hearing Plus and Speech Plus.
Research Work and Speaker

  • Participated in Project Undertaken by Applied Statistics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute named ‘The Effect of Traffic Noise on the Hearing Ability of the School Students of Kolkata’
  • He was one of the spokesperson as a part of the MDT team at the workshop on Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) through AAF and Skill Sprout of New Jersey, USA at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata in 2011
  • He was one of the spokesperson as a part of MDT team on ‘Feeding Difficulties – Role of MDT’ at the scientific workshop on “Nutrition and Behavior in Pediatric Practice” at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata in 2011
  • He was one of the faculty members of 49th Indian Speech and Hearing Association Conference held at Kolkata 2017. At the preconference he presented the topic – Planning a start–up in Private Practice – Technical Aspect.
  • He was one of the faculty members of 49th Indian Speech and Hearing Association Conference held at Kolkata 2017. At the main conference he presented the topic – ASLP as an Entrepreneur.
  • Mean Length of utterances & syntactic performance of normal & children with hearing impairment, studying in regular school (to be published at the Journal of Deaf Studies and Deaf Education)
  • Working with Department of Psychology – University of Calcutta on Development of a Diagnostic Tool for Clinical Assessment of Specific Learning Disability and Prevalence of Specific Learning Disability in Bengali, Hindi and English medium primary school going children in West Bengal (2010 – 2014)
  • Worked with Department of Psychology – University of Calcutta on Language “Profiles in Bengali Language in Children with Autism”
  • He was one of the speaker on academic session in CRE program on Communication Problem in ASD in 2011

Mainak Santra

Early Life

  • Mainak Santra had completed his graduation and post graduation in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology from AYJNIHH (ERC).
  • After completing his masters program he worked as an Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist at Child Development Centre in Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata for more than 4 years.
Mainak-Santra
Research Work & Speaker

Poster Presentations and Journal Article

  • Composite Tinnitus Management (Journal of Indian Speech and Hearing Association, 2007)
  • Tinnitus and Insomnia (Poster Presentation, ISHACON, 2006)
  • Public Speaking Skills by the SLP’s for the SLP’s (Poster Presentation, ISHACON, 2006)
  • Public Speaking Skills by the SLP’s for the SLP’s at International Symposium on Audiological Medicine 2008
  • Tinnitus Related Quality of Life (Poster Presentation, ISHACON, 2008)
  • Psychometric Validation of Phonemically Balanced Word Lists in Bengali – Asia Pacific Journal of Research 2016.
  • He was one of the spokesperson as a part of the MDT team at the workshop on Applied Behavioral Analysis (ABA) through AAF and Skill Sprout of New Jersey, USA at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata in 2011
  • He was one of the spokesperson as a part of MDT team on ‘Feeding Difficulties – Role of MDT’ at the scientific workshop on “Nutrition and Behavior in Pediatric Practice” at Apollo Gleneagles Hospital, Kolkata in 2011
  • Working with Department of Psychology – University of Calcutta on Development of a Diagnostic Tool for Clinical Assessment of Specific Learning Disability and Prevalence of Specific Learning Disability in Bengali, Hindi and English medium primary school going children in West Bengal (2010 – 2014)
  • Worked with Department of Psychology – University of Calcutta on Language “Profiles in Bengali Language in Children with Autism”
  • He was one of the speaker on academic session on “Social and Communication Management of Individual with Multiple Disability” in CRE program on Holistic Management of Persons with Multiple Disabilities in 2017
  • He was one of the speaker on academic session in CRE program on Communication Problem in ASD in 2011
Probir-Karmakar

Probir Karmakar

Early Life

  • Probir Karmakar had completed his graduation and post graduation in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology from AYJNIHH (ERC).
  • After completing his masters program he worked as a Consultant Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist at KPC Medical College and Hospital, Ruby General Hospital and Belle Vue Clinic for a period of 5 years
Research Work and Speaker

  • Language regression in children with Autism Spectrum Disorders – published in International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 2014
  • He was one of the speaker on academic session in CRE program on Communication Problem in ASD in 2011

Kuntal Sarkar

Early Life and Publications

  • Kuntal Sarkar had completed his Diploma in Hearing Language and Speech (DHLS), B.ED in Special Education from AYJNIHH (ERC). He did his graduation in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology from Utkal University.
  • He worked as a consultant Speech Language Pathologist in B. P. Poddar Hospital, Park Neuroscience Centre, NG Medicare, ALIMCO, Ahead (Special School), Nabaprayas (Special School), Bodhayan (Special School) and Sarva Shiksha Mission West Bengal
  • Participated in Project Undertaken by Applied Statistics Unit, Indian Statistical Institute named ‘The Effect of Traffic Noise on the Hearing Ability of the School Students of Kolkata’
Abhishek-Chakraborty

Abhishek Chakraborty

Early Life and Professional Attachments

  • Abhishek Chakraborty had completed his graduation in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology from AYJNIHH (ERC).
  • He is working as a Consultant Speech Language Pathologist at Speech Plus since last two and a half years

 Sathi Das

Early Life

  • Sathi Das had completed her graduation in Psychology from University of Calcutta and post graduation in Counseling Psychology from West Bengal State University. She did her M.Phil in Clinical Psychology from University of Calcutta.
  • After completing her M. Phil degree, she worked as a Clinical Psychologist at Department of Psychology, University of Calcutta for a period of 1 year.
Sathi_Das
Research Work and Training

  • She had presented a paper namely “Unique Links Between Metacognitive beliefs and Executive Functioning in Obsessive Compulsive Disorder, Anxiety Disorders & Depression “in XXIV Convention of National Academy of Psychology, held at Bhopal, from 12- 14th December, 2014.
  • She had conducted a training program for caregivers of Hope Foundation, Kolkata on POSITIVE PARENTING in the year 2014.