Clinic Head at Pratidhwani- Hearing Hub & Cochlear Implant Clinic
CRR No: A60946
Contact Number – (91) 82548 44119 | Email – pragnya.b23@hotmail.com
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
Masters in Audiology – AIISH, University of Mysore (2012-2014)
BASLP – AIISH, University of Mysore (2008-2012)
AFFILIATIONS
RCI Member
Life Member ISHA
Zonal Co-Ordinator – ISHA SIG for private practitioners
Life Member, CIGI
EXPERIENCE
CEO & Head of Audiology, Pratidhwani Clinic, Guwahati (Since April, 2018)
Clinical Specialist – Cochlear Medical Devices Company India Pvt. Ltd. (2016-2018)
Consulting Audiologist & Speech Language Pathologist, Pratiksha Hospital (2014-2016)
AREA OF INTEREST
Cochlear Implants
Diagnostic Audiology
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
Cochlear Implant advanced training at Cochlear Clinical Skills Institute, Sydney, Australia (Feb, 2020)
MedEl CI Systems Training at MedEl India Pvt. Ltd., New Delhi, India (May, 2019)
Basic and Advanced training and Hands-on workshop on “Auditory Habilitation of Children with Cochlear Implant” under Ms Jaspal Choudhry (LSLS) by Cochlear Medical Devices India Pvt. Ltd. (2015 & 2017)
ACADEMIC WORK
Faculty and Recipient of Best Oral paper at CIGICON 2022
Resource Person at IMPACT- National Cochlear Implant training program (2022), organized by AYJNISHD under ADIP scheme for Cochlear Implantation, Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, GOI.
Recipient of Best Poster Presentation at CIGICON 2021
Organizing member and course director (Audiology) for Northeast’s first Cochlear Implant Instructional Workshop (CIIW), September 2019
Guest Faculty “Cochlear Implant Basic Audiology Training” by Cochlear Medical Devices held at Nepal (Sept, 2019) and Mumbai (Apr, 2018)
Guest Speaker at 6th Cochlear Implant Audiology Workshop organized by BSM Medical University, Dhaka, Bangladesh (May, 2017)
ABOUT
After her postgraduation in Audiology from All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, under University of Mysore in 2014, Ms Pragnya Bharadwaj joined Pratiksha Hospital, Guwahati, as a Consulting Audiologist. While at Pratiksha she was actively involved in promoting and regulating the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening program. She was an integral member of the team that initiated the Cochlear Implant program at the hospital in 2014 and was responsible for the pre and postsurgical auditory habilitation. She worked as a Clinical Specialist for the Australian Cochlear Implant Manufacturer, Cochlear Medical Devices Company from 2016 till March, 2018. During this time she was involved in training various Cochlear Implant Centres across the country, conducting various Audiological and Auditory Habilitation Training workshops for the professionals. She was specifically responsible for expanding and strengthening the Cochlear Implant program in Northeast India. Since April, 2018 Pragnya has been associated with Pratidhwani Clinic, first and only dedicated Cochlear Implant clinic in Northeast India, as its CEO and Head of Interventional Audiology. Pratidhwani is serving as a single contact point for all Cochlear implant related audiological, technical and therapeutic service for all existing CI recipients as well as prospective candidates of Northeast India. She is driving early intervention by promoting Universal newborn hearing screening in the region by tying up with several hospitals in the city.
Pragnya Bharadwaj, Masters In Audiology
Contact Number – (91) 82548 44119 | Email – pragnya.b23@hotmail.com
EDUCATIONAL QUALIFICATION
AFFILIATIONS
EXPERIENCE
AREA OF INTEREST
ADDITIONAL TRAINING
ACADEMIC WORK
ABOUT
After her postgraduation in Audiology from All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, under University of Mysore in 2014, Ms Pragnya Bharadwaj joined Pratiksha Hospital, Guwahati, as a Consulting Audiologist. While at Pratiksha she was actively involved in promoting and regulating the Universal Newborn Hearing Screening program. She was an integral member of the team that initiated the Cochlear Implant program at the hospital in 2014 and was responsible for the pre and postsurgical auditory habilitation. She worked as a Clinical Specialist for the Australian Cochlear Implant Manufacturer, Cochlear Medical Devices Company from 2016 till March, 2018. During this time she was involved in training various Cochlear Implant Centres across the country, conducting various Audiological and Auditory Habilitation Training workshops for the professionals. She was specifically responsible for expanding and strengthening the Cochlear Implant program in Northeast India. Since April, 2018 Pragnya has been associated with Pratidhwani Clinic, first and only dedicated Cochlear Implant clinic in Northeast India, as its CEO and Head of Interventional Audiology. Pratidhwani is serving as a single contact point for all Cochlear implant related audiological, technical and therapeutic service for all existing CI recipients as well as prospective candidates of Northeast India. She is driving early intervention by promoting Universal newborn hearing screening in the region by tying up with several hospitals in the city.