Aprajita Sharma
Sr. Consultant Audiologist and Speech therapist
15 Yrs 9 Mos of experience
BASLP, MPH(Epidemiology)
Languages: Punjabi, Urdu, Hindi, English,
A passionate clinician who treats all the age-groups. Goal oriented and patient centered.
Overview
Ms. Aprajita Sharma completed her graduation in 2008 from a premier institute called AYJNIHH,NRC affiliated to GGSIPU. She then went to pursue her Masters in Public Health in epidemiology major and completed in 2011 rom Manipal university, Karnataka. Post masters, she worked as Clinical Audiologist and speech language pathologist with various corporate hospitals, charitable hospitals, research organizations, special schools, PPP, embassy school, general schools, private clinics, childhood development and neurodevelopment centres etc. She has good experience in Feeding therapy related to chewing, biting, and consumption of food in children. Also, worked as a program officer in WHO funded projects for women and child health and NPPC program for screening of children with communication disorders and hearing development. Currently, running her own clinic and taking online guest lectures on public health, planning and policy making of various National health programs, occupational and environmental health, nutrition and allergy. Brief knowledge of SPSS, STATA and SAS .
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
Wellness Hub | 07/14/2009 – Present
Duration: 16 years 0 month(s)
Sr. Consultant Audiologist and Speech -Language pathologist.
Working on patients with communication disorders and those with impairment with sensory processing. She addresses many problems like feeding issues, stuttering issues and other speech related issues for both adults and children. Formal diagnosis and further tailored problem based rehabilitation based on the severity of the disorder is the aim.
Education
BASLP
Duration: 4 years 1 month(s)
GGSIPU/AYJNIHH | 07/02/2004 – 07/02/2008
