Home / Dr. Neevita Narayan
29 years of wide experience as an audiologist/speech therapist /trainer/consultant in reputed hospitals
| Communication & Presentation Skills | Management and Marketing Skills | Stress management |
| Advanced Technical Know-how | Innovative & Adaptable | Strong Interpersonal relations. |
| Achievement Oriented | Clinical Management | Business Development |
| SpHear Speech and Hearing Clinic | Owner/Director | Since 2008 |
| Cochlear Ltd. Australia | Clinical Specialist –South Asia, | 2001 to 2008 |
| Widex India Private Ltd, New Delhi | Clinical Trainer-India | 1999 to 2001 |
| P D Hinduja Hospital,Mumbai | Clinical Audiologist (under Dr.Milind Kirtane) | 1998 to 1999 |
| Indraprastha Apollo Hospital; ND | Clinical Audiologist & Speech Therapist | 1996 to 1998 |
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The cochlear implant- An overview. ISHA Monograph. 2103. Vol. 13(pp.113-119).
Cochlear Implant International. Feb 2021; Vol 22 (pp 203-215)
Clinical Otolaryngology. July 2012 ; Vol 37 (pp 158)
Clinical Otolaryngology. July 2012; Vol 37 (pp 156-157)
• Effects of Adaptive Digital Modulation Roger Select-IN technology system on Speech Perception performance in
Cochlear Implant Users.
Cochlear Implant Group of India, Annual Conference, New Delhi. November 2022 (Best Paper Award)
• Management of Single Sided Deafness with Bonebridge: Post Cholesteatoma Surgery – Case Study
Cochlear Implant Group of India, Annual Conference, Bengaluru. Nov 2021
• Does Electrical Stimulation Improve Neural Synchronization following Cochlear Implantation?
12th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants & Related Sciences. Tokyo. Nov 2019
• A parental tool to drive outcomes in Cochlear Implant children
12th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants & Related Sciences. Tokyo. Nov 2019
• The impact of having a child with a cochlear implant on the parent /caregiver
12th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants & Related Sciences. Tokyo. Nov 2019
• The impact of having a child with a cochlear implant on the parent /caregiver
Cochlear Implant Group of India, Annual Conference, Mumbai. Oct 2019
• A survey to understand the awareness about good and bad touch and self defence in cochlear implant children as compared to normal hearing children
Cochlear Implant Group of India, Annual Conference, Mumbai. Oct 2019
• Does Electrical Stimulation Improve Neural Synchronization following Cochlear Implantation? A Comparative Study in Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum & Hypoplastic Cochleo-vestibular Nerve.
World Congress on CI in Emerging Nations. Cape Town, South Africa. Nov 2018
• Predicting the degree of difficulty in cochlear implant surgery – the use of an objectively structured imaging based grading system. Cochlear Implant Group of India. Annual Conference.Surat. Nov 2018
• Does Electrical Stimulation Improve Neural Synchronization following Cochlear Implantation? A Comparative Study in Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum & Hypoplastic Cochleo-vestibular Nerve.
15th Symposium of CI in Children. San Francisco. July 2017
• Predicting the degree of difficulty in cochlear implant surgery – the use of an objectively structured imaging based grading system
15th Symposium of CI in Children. San Francisco. July 2017
• Does Electrical Stimulation Improve Neural Synchronization following Cochlear Implantation? A Comparative Study in Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder & Hypoplastic Cochleo-Vestibular Nerve (CIGI AWARD PAPER)
Cochlear Implant Group of India, Annual Conference, Kochi, Oct 2016
• Educational outcomes post cochlear implantation
Cochlear Implant Group of India, Annual Conference, Kochi, Oct 2016
• Emotion perception through music in pre-lingual adolescents and post-lingual adults with unilateral cochlear implant
Cochlear Implant Group of India, Annual Conference, Kochi, Oct 2016
• Improvement in nerve synchronisation with electrical stimulation over time in patients with auditory nerve anomalies
9th Int. Symposium on objective measures in auditory implants; Hungary, June 2016.
• Predicting the degree of difficulty in cochlear implant surgery – the use of an objectively structured imaging based grading system
9th Int. Symposium on objective measures in auditory implants; Hungary, June 2016.
• Aural Atresia: Challenges in cochlear implantation
Cochlear Implant Group of India, Annual Conference, Jaipur, Sept 2015
• The effect of age of implantation on the development of receptive and expressive language skills
Cochlear Implant Group of India, Annual Conference, Jaipur, Sept 2015
• The effect of age of implantation on quality of life (qol): parental views
Cochlear Implant Group of India, Annual Conference, Jaipur, Sept 2015
• Speech perception with speech from the non implanted side with and without noise: do bimodal and bilateral implants show increased benefit?
Cochlear Implant Group of India, Annual Conference, Jaipur, Sept 2015
• Parental perspectives on cochlear implant outcomes in children with special needs
Cochlear Implant Group of India, Annual Conference, Jaipur, Sept 2015
• Active middle ear implant (vibrant soundbridge) in congenital aural atresia : surgery and outcomes of the first two recipients
10th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear implants & Related Science, Beijing. May 2015
• Outcomes with auditory brainstem implants in patients with severe anomalies of the cochlea / cochleovestibular nerves
10th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear implants & Related Science, Beijing. May 2015
• Outcomes of cochlear implantation (ci) in children with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder(ANSD) as compared to sensorineural hearing loss
10th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear implants & Related Science, Beijing. May 2015
• Outcome with first bilateral electroacoustic stimulation (EAS) through CI422 implant with N6 processor in hybrid mode
10th Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear implants & Related Science, Beijing. May 2015
• Outcome with first bilateral electroacoustic stimulation through CI422 implant with N6 processor in hybrid mode
Cochlear Implant Group of India Annual Conference, AIIMS, N Delhi, Nov 2014
• Outcomes of cochlear implantation in children with cochleovestibular anomalies and hypoplastic auditory nerves when compared to those with normal inner ear anatomy
Cochlear Implant Group of India Annual Conference, AIIMS, N Delhi, Nov 2014
• Outcomes of cochlear implantation in children with auditory neuropathy spectrum disorder as compared to sensorineural hearing loss
Cochlear Implant Group of India Annual Conference, AIIMS, N Delhi, Nov 2014
• Speech perception with speech from the non implanted side with and without noise: do bimodal and bilateral implants show increased benefit?
Cochlear Implant Group of India Annual Conference, AIIMS, N Delhi, Nov 2014
• The effects of age of implantation on the development of language skills
Cochlear Implant Group of India Annual Conference, AIIMS, N Delhi, Nov 2014
• Trans-tympanic electrically evoked auditory brainstem response (TT-EABR) – a diagnostic tool in the management
of children with inner ear malformations or an/ad spectrum
International Symposium on Objective Measures, Toronto , Oct 2014
• Test battery approach toward candidacy for auditory brainstem implantation –Indian perspective
International Symposium on Objective Measures, Toronto, Oct 2014
• Hearing Implantation in abnormal cochleo-vestibular situations: Surgical considerations, complications and outcomes
Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants, Hyderabad. Nov 2013
• Children with hypoplastic cochlear nerves: Cochlear or Brainstem Implantation ? Our protocol in decision making and outcomes.
Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants, Hyderabad. Nov 2013
• Outcomes of cochlear implantaiton in children with cochleovestibular anomalies and
Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants, Hyderabad. Nov 2013
• Cochlear Implantation in patients with SSD/Assymetrical Hearing loss- An early Indian experience
Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants, Hyderabad. Nov 2013
• Outcomes of Cochlear Implantation in children with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder
as compared to Sensorineural Hearing Loss
Asia Pacific Symposium on Cochlear Implants, Hyderabad. Nov 2013
• Complex cochlear anomalies & hypoplastic nerves: CI or ABI : Decision making and Outcomes
European Society of Paediatric Cochlear Implantation. Istanbul, 2013
• Auditory Brainstem Implantation: Adult & Paediatric Experience
Skull Base Surgery Society of India, Annual Conference
Mumbai, September 2012
• Experience with Paediatric & Adult Auditory Brainstem Implantation
Neurotological Equilibriometric Society of India
Annual Conference, N Delhi. April 2012
• Trans-Tympanic Electrically Evoked Auditory Brainstem Response (TT-EABR) – A diagnostic tool in the management of children with Inner Ear Malformations or ANAD Spectrum
Asia Pacific symposium on cochlear implantation
Korea, Oct 2011
• Test Battery approach in implanting cases with ABI – Indian experience
Asia Pacific symposium on cochlear implantation
Korea, Oct 2011
• Paediatric Auditory Brainstem Implantation – Indian experience
10th European Symposium on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation
Athens, May 2011
• Our experience of cochlear implantation in cochleovestibular anomalies
10th European Symposium on Paediatric Cochlear Implantation
Athens, May 2011
• Paediatric auditory brainstem implant – Apollo Hospital experience
Association of Otolaryngologists of India Annual Conference, Chennai , Jan 2011
• Scientific paper entitled “Advancement in Cochlear Implant Technology” at the Annual Conference of the Nepal
ENT Association : 2005& 2006.
• ‘Cochlear Implants’ at The ENT conference of North East Chapter in Shillong
• ‘ Early Identification and outcomes in Cochlear Implant’ in a CME program at Max Hospital New Delhi 2008.
• ‘Bimodal Hearing’ in CIGI conference 2006,Delhi
• ‘Mapping & Speech coding Strategies’ in Cochlear Implants in CIGI conference,Chennai-2005
• Guest presenter at AYJNIHH,Delhi on ‘Early Identification of Hearing Loss & Cochlear Implants’.
• Presented to parents forum Cochlear Implants in India & Nepal on relevance of Cochlear Implants. Also have
been invited by them as guest speaker in their meetings