NISH - Physiotherapy

National Institute of Speech & Hearing

Accredited as Excellent Institution by RCI | Accredited by NAAC with B++ Grade

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Physiotherapy Department at NISH is a well-equipped departmentthat provides specialized health care services to community intended to develop, maintain, and restore maximum movement and functional ability. The physiotherapy department is run by qualified and experienced physiotherapist. The physiotherapy department forms an inevitable part of the multidisciplinary team for disability identification and management.

The physiotherapy services are available to a wide age group from paediatrics to adults.

We provide quality clinical services to adults and children with

- Developmental Delay
- Abnormalities in muscle tone
- Neurological disability such as cerebral palsy or acquired brain injury
- Mobility and Physical issue due to a syndrome.
- Postural imbalances
- Stroke
- Head Injury

Intervention includes assessment using standardized tools and scales, formulating a functional diagnosis, planning of treatment, and implementation of intervention and evaluation of outcome of client’s condition

For the paediatrics, individual programs are tailored for each child. All children are assessed for their presenting condition, and a program is devised to improve the child's physical problems Therapy based programs are delivered though games, activities and songs. Parental counselling regarding child’s condition and training of home programme are provided to each parent. The department also conducts periodical parental awareness programmes on each disorder.

The Physiotherapy Department in collaboration with Speech Therapy Department runs Cerebral Palsy Unit at NISH.

Therapy timings depends upon the convenience of the patient and availability of the therapists.

Duration of each session is 45 minutes.

The department is open from Monday through Saturday starting from 8.30am - 4.30pm.

The appointments given for therapy are to be followed by clients strictly.

Hearing Sciences

Hearing Sciences The Audiology wing under the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology provides hearing evaluation including Diagnostic Audiological Evaluation and Audiological Screening Services utilising state-of-the-art test Read More...

New Initiatives

New initiatives and innovative thinking are markers of growth and development in any organization. Being a growing institution, NISH welcomes new initiatives and takes efforts to implement them within the framework of our goals and vision. Read More...

Speech Language Sciences

Speech Language Sciences The Speech-Language Pathology wing under the Department of Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology provides diagnostic services as well as therapeutic management for various speech and language disorders. The services are available to paediatric as well as adult population and use standardised test tools Read More...

Academics

Academics at NISH is unique in the sense that NISH has an integrated campus where students with hearing impairment and students with normal hearing share the same campus. Bachelor’s level courses exclusively for students with hearing impairment include Degree courses in Fine Arts, Computer Science and Commerce Read More...

Early Intervention

Early Intervention Program exclusively for hearing impaired children is an important activity at NISH aiming at mainstreaming the children with hearing impairment by providing intensive training on pre-academic skills and communication skills Read More...

Research

Research and publications forms an integral part of the activities at NISH. A number of research activities has been undertaken by staffs and students of various departments. The research activities are centrally monitored by Read More...

Autism Spectrum and Related Disorders

Autism Spectrum and Related Disorders The department focuses on developing comprehensive services for Autism spectrum disorders (ASD) in a life span approach. It focuses on developing effective clinical and research approaches along with manpower development in this area. Today Read More...

Campus

Campus NISH campus is located at the serene lakeside near Akkulam. It is conveniently located away from the bustling city chaos but is still easily accessible to NH47 Bypass, Airport, Railway Station as well as Medical College Trivandrum. The campus hosts the entire clinical as well as academic Read More...

Students' Grievances Redressal Cell

Students' Grievances Redressal Cell NISH is committed to providing best services and opportunities for development to all its stakeholders especially its students. To ensure a conducive learning environment free from any infringement on the rights of its students and to facilitate prompt resolution of grievances of students with sensitivity Read More...

Allied Services

The allied services include Psychology, ENT and Physiotherapy which are essential for the multidisciplinary team approach for assessment and management of the disorders. This becomes essential due to the co-morbidity of hearing loss and speech-language disorders with other disorders. Read More...