Hi! Myself Somenath Mukherjee.

BASR(Cal), MASLP(Cal)

Regd. No RCI A24944

By profession, I am a Speech Language Pathologist. I love to spend time with patients to understand their problems & to offer them concrete solutions that help my patients to solve their communication problems & can boost their confidence. In my versatile career, I am fortunate to have worked with different groups of patients which helped me to learn the subject and to enhance my clinical experience, in the last 18 years.

Learning is a never-ending curve; I learn everyday from each & every patient in speech & hearing science. Every case is unique, just like all of us speak in different manners & style.

Peerless Hospital and National Neuro Science Center helped me to work deeply with neurological patients. In Apollo Hospital Kolkata I learned a lot about Voice Therapy patients, Oral and Maxillofacial cancer patients. In Woodlands I learned a lot about paediatric speech therapy. In ISI I understood the value of research. In Belle Vue I learned a lot about Swallowing Assessment & Therapy. In Calcutta University, applied Psychology unit when we were working on a testing tool for Learning Disability & Autism at that time I re-discovered the beauty of Language Therapy. In Speech Plus I learned the importance of Group Therapy in Stammering or Stuttering. In a nutshell I have given more than 70,000 Therapy Sessions to the different patient groups. My patients are asset to me in distress not in joy, so I treat them as my family members. In my last 15 years of the journey, I came across many patients who later became very good friends of mine.

Speech Therapy/Pathology is not my profession. It’s my passion!

Professional Summary

RCI Certified Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist with an extensive work experience over 13 years. Specialist to prevent, asses, diagnose, and treat speech, language, social communication, cognitive-communication and swallowing disorders in children and adults. Skilled in conducting all types of Hearing and Vestibular Test including intra operative procedure(Cochlear Implant, Auditory Brainstem Implant), Trained in handling Swallowing Workstation and Deep Pharyngeal Manipulation & stimulation. Also Trained in LSVT and Esophageal Speech Training. Specially experienced inPediatric Swallowing, New Born Hearing Screening and Head and Neck Cancer care (Swallowing, Speech & Voice).

Professional Experience

1. Worked as a Fulltime Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist in
   APOLLO GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL from May 2004 to July 2005.
2. Worked as a Consultant Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist
   in PEERLESS HOSPITAL from August 2005 to October 2005 .
3. Worked as a visiting consultant in Speech Therapy at WOODLANDS
   HOSPITAL from August 2005 to October 2005.
4. Worked as a part time research scholar cum consultant in a project
   under INDIAN STATISTICAL INSTITUTE in the year 2004 to 2005.
5. Worked as a Consultant Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist
   in PEERLESS HOSPITAL from Jan 2008 till July 2008.
6. Worked as a Chief Audiologist and Speech Language Pathologist in
   APOLLO GLENEAGLES HOSPITAL from July 2008 till May 2014.
7. Working as a visiting consultant in BELLE VUE CLINIC from Aug 2017 to till date.

Professional Qualification

• B.A.S.R. (Bachelor of Audiology & Speech Rehabilitation)from the University of Calcutta in the year of 2004 with 62%.
• MASLP (Master of Audiology & Speech Language Pathology)from West Bengal University of Health Sciences in the year 2008 with55%.

Scientific Papers & Presentations

• Presented lectures 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.
• Presented lectures 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.
• 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’
• Completed an UGC funded Specially Approved Project on “Profiles in Bengali Language in Children with Autism” under Dr. Mallika Banerjee from Calcutta University.
• Faculty members of 49th Indian Speech and Hearing Association Conference held at Kolkata 2017. At the preconference the topic presented – Planning a start–up in Private Practice – Technical Aspect.
• Faculty members of 49th Indian Speech and Hearing Association Conference held at Kolkata 2017. At the main conference the topic presented – 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).
• One of the speaker on academic session in CRE program on Communication Problem in ASD in 2011 at University of Kolkata (Applied Psychology Department).

Achievements & Awards

• Speaker & Mentor for Healthcare start ups in IIM (JOKA), Innovation Park, on Entrepreneurship.
• Speaker in CII on Entrepreneurship.
• Executive Committee Member on Entrepreneurship in Bengal Chamber of Commerce.
• Winner of Most Dynamic Growing SME Award in 2014.
• Receiver of Fastest Growing Company Award from Economic Times in the year 2015.
• Receiver of Highest Job Creator Award from Economic Times in the year 2015.
• Best Brand in Audiology Services in India Award from Frost And Sulvian in the year of 2015.
• Receiver of TiECON 2014 Award for Success Story of the year.
• Receiver of Bengal Chamber of Commerce Entrepreneurship Recognition Award on 2015.
• Received an award from Genius as CEO with HR Orientation on 2015.
• Winner of Economic Times Bengal Corporate Awards on 2015.
• Received TiECON Kolkata 2018 Award as an Emerging Star of Bengal Section.

Publications

Indian Journal of Pathology and Microbiology(IJPM) Original Article Published on 25th April 2020.Development of a Battery to Asses Perceptual_Motor, Cognition, Language, and Scholastic Skills among Bengali Children with Neuro Developmental Disorders.