About Dr. Vidya Ramkumar
CURRENT POSITION
[DBT/Wellcome Trust India Alliance Intermediate fellow i n Clinical and Public Health Research] [Sep 2020]
[Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU), Chennai]
[Professor] [March 2023- ]
[Sri Ramachandra Faculty of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU), Chennai]
[Associate Professor] [March 2017-2023 ]
[Department of Speech. Language and Hearing Sciences, Sri Ramachandra Institute of Higher Education and Research (DU), Chennai]
PREVIOUS POSITIONS
[Senior Lecturer] [ Dec 2012- Feb 2017]
[Department of Speech. Language and Hearing Sciences, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai]
[Lecturer] [ 2008-2012]
[Department of Speech. Language and Hearing Sciences, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai]
EDUCATION
DBT/India Alliance Wellcome Trust Intermediate Fellowship in Clinical and Public Health [2020-2025], Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai
PhD in Audiology and Speech, Language pathology [2016], Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai
[Dissertation: “Efficacy of a tele-audiological diagnostic follow-up model In a community based hearing screening program f or infants and young children”]
Fulbright Nehru Doctoral Professional Research fellowship USIEF [Jan to Aug 2014]
Masters in Audiology and Speech, Language Pathology, M.A.S.L.P [2006-2008], Ali Yavar Jung National Institute of Hearing Handicap, Maharashtra University of Health Sciences, Nasik, Maharashtra
[Dissertation: “Impact of tinnitus on individuals with and without sensorineural hearing loss using I CF framework”]
Bachelors in Audiology and Speech, Language Pathology, B.A.S.L.P [2002-2006], Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai
PROJECTS
[“Effectiveness of a comprehensive Tele – Practice model for identification and rehabilitation of children with hearing and speech language disorders in rural communities”]
[Principal Investigator] [ DBT/India Alliance Wellcome Trust Grant] [2020-2025]
[Identification of middle ear disorder in a community setting- A Tele medicine approach.
[Principal Investigator] [ Equipment funding by Medtronic Pvt. Ltd. Shruti-i-Hear] [2016]
[School entry level tele-hearing screening in a primary school in south India– a pilot study]
[Principal investigator] [ Equipment loaned by Neurosoft] [ 2015-2016].
[E- technology f or Management of Projects f or persons With communication disorders in Rural areas]
[Team member] [ Awarded by: Spark the rise contest, Mahindra & Co] [ 2012-2013]
[h ttp://www.sparktherise.com/projectdetail.php?pid=5754]
[“Newborn hearing screening using tele-audiology- a quasi experimental study”]
[Co-investigator] [ Funded by: Indian Council of Medical Research, New Delhi] [ 2011-13]
[Prevention of noise pollution and control]
[Coordinator] [ Funded by: State commissioner’s office for the Differently Abled] [2010]
RELATED EXPERIENCE
1. Teaching
Under graduate teaching
● Introduction to Audiology
● Amplification and technology f or persons with Hearing Impairment
● Pediatric Audiology
● Management of persons with Hearing Impairment
Post graduate teaching
● Neurophysiology of hearing
● Hearing sciences
● Auditory perception
● Psychophysics
● Research methodology and statistics
● Technology and Instrumentation in Audiology
● Rehabilitation audiology
2. Clinical
1. Tinnitus evaluation and management
2. Pediatric diagnostic testing
3. Pediatric aural rehabilitation
4. Pediatric hearing aid selection and fitting
5. Electrophysiological testing
2. Continuing education programs attended
1. WHO courses on SARS COV-2 Hygiene and sanitisation procedures [2020]
2. SAMARTH workshop on qualitative research [2019]
3. Grant and manuscript writing [2016, 17]
4. Research methodology refresher program [ 2015]
5. Economic principles of health care intervention, Indian Society of Health Administration, Bangalore, India [ 2013]
6. CITI-INDIA workshop on “Ethics in Research”, SRU, Chennai [ 2013]
7. Mentorship program, British Council Library and Sri Ramachandra University [ 2012]
8. Short course in public health planning organized by Indian Institute of Public health and London School of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene [ 2011]
9. CITI-India program for ethics in research (online course) [ 2011-12]
10. Faculty development program [ 2011]
11. CEP on “Schemes and benefits of State and Central Government” by Ms. Sheeba, Audiologist from SRTC and Mr. Bishnoy, Audiologist, NIEPMD.[2011]
12. CEP on “Music perception” by Dr. Nina Kraus, Researcher, NWU, USA [ 2010]
13. Statistical Package for Social Sciences, Sri Ramachandra University, [ 2009]
14. Dr. N. R Chaudhary memorial award for the best poster in Audiology “A profile of attributes of tinnitus among individuals with tinnitus” ISHACON 38, Ahmedabad, India, 2006
PUBLICATIONS
ARTICLES
1. Neethi Jesudass, Vidya Ramkumar and Shuba Kumar, Needs and readiness to use tele-practice for identification and rehabilitation of children with hearing and speech-language disorders: perceptions of public sector care providers in South India. Early Child Development and Care, https://doi.org/10.1080/03004430.2023.2276660
2.Vidya Ramkumar, Varsha Shankar, Shuba Kumar. (2023) Implementation factors influencing the sustained provision of tele-audiology services: insights from a combined methodology of scoping review and qualitative semistructured interviews. doi:10.1136/bmjopen-2023-075430
3.Ramkumar, V., & Krumm, M. (2023). Tele-audiology diagnostic testing services for children with disabilities in a school setting: A pilot study. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 165, 111426.
4. Keerthi S, S., Ramkumar, V., Kumar, S., Anand, S. (2023). An exploratory study of nurses' knowledge, skill, and training requirements for newborn hearing screening in a public-sector program in South India. Journal of Hearing Science, 13(1), 35-42.
5. Ramkumar, V., & Chandrasekaran, A. (2023). A Tinnitus Inventory Focusing on Body Function, Activities, and Participation Using the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health. Journal of Audiology & Otology, 27(2), 71.
6. Joshi B, D., Ramkumar, V., Nair, L. S., & Kuper, H. (2023). Early hearing detection and intervention (EHDI) programmes for infants and young children in low-income and middle-income countries in Asia: a systematic review. BMJ paediatrics open, 7(1), e001752.
7. Ramkumar, V. (2023). Validation of web-based audiometry version of HEARZAP. PloS one, 18(3), e0283519.
8. Vidya Ramkumar,Mark Krumm.,(2023).Tele-audiology diagnostic testing services for children with disabilities in a school setting: A pilot study, International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, Volume 165, 2023, 111426, ISSN 0165-5876,
9. Varsha Shankar., Vidya Ramkumar ., Shuba Kumar(2022).Understanding the implementation of tele-practice in speech and language services for children and adults using a mixed methods approach.
10. Joshi, D. B., Ramkumar, V., & Anand, S. (2021). Outcomes of Training Nurses Engaged in a Public Sector Newborn Hearing Screening Program in South India. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, 1-9.
11. Ravi, P., Ramkumar, V. , Rajendran, A., Saravanam, P. K., Balasubramaniyan, S., & Nagarajan, R. (2020). Tele-audiological surveillance of middle ear status among individuals with cleft lip and/or palate in rural South India. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology, 31(3), 185–194.
12. Ramkumar V, Nagarajan R, Shankarnarayan VC, Kumaravelu S, Hall JW. Implementation and evaluation of a rural community-based pediatric hearing screening program integrating in-person and tele-diagnostic auditory brainstem response (ABR). BMC health services research. 2019 Dec;19(1):1.
13. Ramkumar, V., Rajendran, A., Nagarajan, R., Balasubramaniyan, S., & Suresh, D. K. (2018). Identification and management of middle ear disorders in a rural cleft care program: A tele-medicine approach. American journal of audiology, 27(3S), 455-461.
14. Raman, N., Nagarajan, R., Venkatesh, L., Monica, D.S., Ramkumar, V. , et al, 2018. School-based language screening among primary school children using telepractice: A feasibility study from India. I nt. J. Speech. Lang. Pathol., 00(00), p.1–10.(in press)
15. Ramkumar, V. , John, K.R., Selvakumar, K., Vanaja, C.S., Nagarajan, R., et al, 2018. Cost and outcome of a community-based paediatric hearing screening programme in rural India with application of tele-audiology for follow- up diagnostic hearing assessment Cost and outcome of a community-based paediatric hearing screening programme in rur. Int. J. Audiol., 57(6), p.407-414
16. Ramkumar, V. , Vanaja, C.S., Hall, J.W., Selvakumar, K., Nagarajan, R., 2018. Validation of DPOAE screening conducted by village health workers in a rural community with real-time click evoked tele-auditory brainstem response. Int. J. Audiol., 57(5), p.370–375.
17. Ramkumar, V. A review of neonatal hearing screening practices in India. Journal of Hearing Science, 2017,7(1), 9–15.
18. Monica, S. D., Ramkumar, V (Corresponding author), Krumm, M., Raman, N., Nagarajan, R., & Venkatesh, L. School entry level tele-hearing screening in at own in South India – Lessons learnt. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology 2017; 92, 130–135.
19. Kumaravelu, S., & Ramkumar, V. (Corresponding author) . Telemedicine in a tertiary care hospital in South India- a thirteen year review. Journal of t he International Society f or Telemedicine and eHealth, 2016; 4(e29),1–6.
20. Ramkumar V, Selvakumar K, Vanaja CS, Hall JW, Nagarajan R, Neethi J. Parents ’ perceptions of tele-audiological testing in a rural hearing screening program in South India. Int J Pediatr Otorhinolaryngol. 2016;89:60–6.
21. Rajendran, Akilan, Ramkumar, Vidya (Corresponding author), Nagarajan, Roopa (2014). Perception of ‘mothers of beneficiaries’ regarding a rural community based hearing screening service. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology, 78 (12), 2083-2088
22. Ramkumar, Vidya, Nagarajan, Roopa, Kumaravelu, Selvakumar, Hall, W James (2014). Providing Tele ABR In Rural India Brief Description Of The Tele audiology Program, ASHA Perspectives SIG 18, 30-36.
23. Narayansamy, Meivizhi , Ramkumar, Vidya (corresponding author) , Nagarajan, Roopa (2014). Knowledge and Beliefs about Ear and Hearing Health Among Mothers of Young Children in a Rural Community in South India, Disability, CBR and Inclusive development Journal, 25 (4), 119-135.
24. Vidya R., James W Hall., Roopa., N, Vanaja.,C.S and Selvakumar., K (2013) .Tele-ABR using a satellite connection in a mobile van for newborn hearing testing, J Telemed Telecare, 19:233-237.
25. Vidya, R., Swetha, S. (2011). Validity and reliability of a Tamil translation of the Tinnitus Handicap Inventory. Journal of Indian Speech and Hearing Association, 25 (2), 122-127.
26. Vidya, R., Rangasayee, R. (2010). Studying tinnitus in the framework of I CF. International Journal of Audiology,49 (9), 645-650.
27. Karthu, S., Vidya, R. (Corresponding author), Roopa, N., Mathew, A. (2007). A profile of the attributes of tinnitus among individuals with tinnitus. Journal of Indian Speech and Hearing Association, 12, 21-22
BOOK CHAPTER
1. [Tele-audiology in Asia], [ 2020]
In: Advances in Hearing Sciences Vol.2] [ Vidya Ramkumar]
[Editor: Stavros Hatzpoulos, Ciorba, Mark Krumm]
2. [An Update: Use of OAEs in Telehealth (Teleaudiology) Applications], [ 2015]
In: Guest editorial in Otoemission.org ] [ Mark Krumm, Vidya Ramkumar]
[Editor: Stavros Hatzpoulos]
3. [“Electrophysiological measures such as LLR and ALR in testing pediatric population”], [ 2011]
[In: Comprehensive handbook of pediatric Audiology] [ Hall, W. J., Anuradha, B., Vidya, R., Neha, C]
[Editors: Richard C. Seewald, Anne Marie Tharpe] [ Publisher: Plural Publishers, San Diego, USA]
MEDIA/INTERVIEWS
1. [“Listen-up! Raising a hearing-impaired baby”], [ 2015]
[In: The swaddle] [ Interviewer: Kamala Thyagarajan, Interviewee: Vidya R]
2. “Tinnitus: terror in your ears”], [ 2013]
[In: Reader’s digest, ] [ Interviewer: Kamala Thyagarajan, Interveiwee: Vidya R]
[Publisher: Living Media India limited, India]
3. [“Plugging into technology brings hearing care to developing nations”], [ 2011]
[In: Hearing Journal, 64(9):21,22,24,26,28,] [ Interviewer: Nemes, Judith, Interviewee: Vidya R]
WORKSHOPS ORGANISED/LEAD RESOURCE PERSON
SCIENTIFIC PAPERS PRESENTED
INVITED TALKS/WORKSHOPS
EXTRA CURRICULAR:
1. Participated in teacher’s day event “Fashion and Talent show” organized by Student Council [ 2018]
2. Beach cleaning activity as a part of Eco club [ 2018]
3. Wall painting Event organized with Environment Foundation of India [ 2017]
4. NSS Program officer Unit 3, Sri Ramachandra University, Chennai [ 2017-
5. Participated in Duathalon organized by Sri Ramachandra University [ 2016]
6. NSS coordinator for Department of Speech, Language and Hearing Sciences [ 2015-
7. Organized talk on solar energy as part of eco-club in October [ 2015]
8. Participated in World environment day walk in March [ 2015]
9. Conducted tree planting with student volunteers at Corporation park in Iyyapanthangal in February [ 2015]
10. Tree walk at Kotturpuram tree park in January [ 2015]
11. Initiated tree planting with students in Chennai [ 2010 &2011]
12. Organized a talk on waste management with student volunteers in March [ 2015]
13. Organized “Hearing Express” as a part of “Speech and Hearing awareness” week [ 2011]
14. Organized stall for “Speech and Hearing” at Science Exhibition, Chennai [ 2011]
15. Participated in “Beach cleaning”, and “Awareness walk f or speech and hearing disorders” [ 2011]
16. Master of Ceremony- NMRE (2009), Voice update (2009, 2010), Alumni Day [ 2011]
17. Secretary of Sri Ramachandra Speech and Hearing Alumni Association (SRSHAA) [ 2009-10,2010-11]
LANGUAGES
[Tamil – native language]
[English – speak fluently and read/write with high proficiency]
[Hindi – speak, read, and write with basic competence]
MEMBERSHIPS
1. [ Rehabilitation Council of India]
2. [ Indian Speech and Hearing Association]
3. [ Telemedicine Society of India]
4. [ Tamil Nadu chapter of Indian Speech and Hearing Association]
5. [ Sri Ramachandra Speech and Hearing Alumni Association]
6. [ International Association of Communication Sciences and Disorders (IALP) ]
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