Dr. Usha Shastri

Associate Professor

Department of Audiology & Speech Language Pathology (at Mangalore)

CURRENT ACADEMIC ROLE & RESPONSIBILITIES

    • Teaching: Undergraduate and Post graduate students
    • Clinical supervision and patient care
    • Class coordinator: I M.Sc (Audiology), Dept of ASLP, KMC Mangalore, MAHE
    • Guide: Dissertations/Conference presentations/Clinical & Journal clubs 

SUBJECTS CURRENTLY TEACHING

Subject Semester / Year
Diagnostic Audiology: Physiological Tests Fourth semester BASLP
Advances in Management of Hearing Loss Second semester M.Sc (Audiology)
Auditory Processing Disorders Third semester M.Sc (Audiology)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
Doctorate in Philosophy in Audiology Audiology All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, University of Mysore 2016
M.Sc Audiology All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, University of Mysore 2010
B.Sc Speech and Hearing All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, University of Mysore 2008

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, KMC, MAHE, Mangalore Associate Professor Teaching, Research, Clinical Management Jan 2020 - till date
Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, KMC, MAHE, Mangalore Assistant Professor – Senior Scale Teaching, Research, Clinical Management Jan 2018 – Jan 2020
Department of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology, KMC, MAHE, Mangalore Assistant Professor Teaching, Research, Clinical Management Oct 2017 - Jan 2018
Nitte Institute of Speech and Hearing, Deralakatte, Mangaluru Assistant Professor Grade I Teaching, clinical supervision and research June 2016 - Sep 2017
Nitte Institute of Speech and Hearing, Deralakatte, Mangaluru Lecturer Teaching, clinical supervision and research Jan 2015 - May 2016
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore Junior Research Fellow Research Dec 2011 - Dec 2014
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore Audiologist Grade I Clinical teaching Aug 2010 - Dec 2011

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Diagnostic Audiology, Speech Perception

Area of Expertise

Audiology

Area of Research

Speech perception, Efferent auditory pathway

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

  • Member of Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI), 2010
  • Member of Indian Speech and Hearing Association (ISHA), 2008.
  • Member of Dakshina Kannada - Indian Speech and Hearing Association, 2016.

Development and Validation of Tulu Sentence Lists to Test

24.12.2021 Speech perception Shreepriya Usha Shastri Mohan Kumar

2018 – 2020 II M.Sc (Audiology) Dissertation

    Myths and Facts about cochlear implants and rehabilitation after cochlear implants

    25.11.2018

    News write up in Arogyavani of Udayavani News paper

    Is two better than one? Do we need two ears? One hearing aid or two?

    28.06.2020

    News write up in Arogyavani of Udayavani News paper