Ms. Shezeen Abdul Gafoor

Assistant Professor

Department of Audiology & Speech Language Pathology (at Mangalore)

Qualification: M.SC (Audiology); B.Sc (Speech and Hearing)

ACADEMIC QUALIFICATIONS

Degree Specialisation Institute Year of passing
MSc Audiology All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore 2018
BSc Speech and Hearing All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore 2016

Experience

Institution / Organisation Designation Role Tenure
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore Junior Research Fellow Planning and executing research, publishing the research in peer-reviewed journals and presenting research in national and international forums, clinical skill training and routine departmental activities April 2021 – April 2024
Father Muller Charitable Institutions, Mangalore Assistant Professor (Audiology) Teaching core Audiology subjects, planning and execution of research activities, routine departmental activities and student mentoring August 2020 – March 2021
Father Muller Charitable Institutions, Mangalore Audiologist Grade I Clinical supervision and clinical skill training of undergraduate and graduate students and planning and execution of research activities December 2019 – August 2020
All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, Mysore Audiologist Grade I Clinical supervision and clinical skill training of undergraduate and graduate students, routine departmental activities and member of hearing device dispensing unit (administrative aspects) December 2018- December 2019

AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Diagnostic audiology, auditory cognitive neuroscience

Area of Expertise

Auditory efferent system, diagnostic audiology, working memory

Area of Research

Top-down modulations in the auditory and related systems, speech perception in noise, working memory

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

RCI Registered member

ISHA member

AIISH Alumni Association

Sensory Gating in the Auditory System: Classical and Novel Stimulus Paradigms

March 2024 Is auditory sensory gating associated with active stimulus redundancy detection? Shezeen Abdul Gafoor Ajith Kumar Uppunda

Journal of Speech Language and Hearing Research, 67, 3

Working memory task performance in a simulated peripheral sensory-motor deficit.

December 2023 Working memory, articulatory rehearsal, simulated sensory-motor deficit. Shezeen Abdul Gafoor Anoop Basavanahalli Jagadeesh Ajith Kumar Uppunda

Journal of All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, 42, 1

Speech Perception in Noise and Medial Olivocochlear Reflex: Effects of Age, Speech Stimulus, and Response-Related Variables

11 December 2023 Top-down modulation – olivocochlear efferent system, speech perception in noise Shezeen Abdul Gafoor Ajith Kumar Uppunda

Journal of Association for Research in Otorhinolaryngology, 24

Role of the medial olivocochlear efferent auditory system in speech perception in noise: a systematic review and meta-analyses

October 2023 Top-down modulation – olivocochlear efferent system, speech perception in noise Shezeen Abdul Gafoor Ajith Kumar Uppunda

International Journal of Audiology, (published ahead of print)

Sensory Gating to Speech and Nonspeech Stimulus and Its Relationship to Speech Perception in Noise

19th September 2023 Top-down modulation – auditory sensory gating of irrelevant stimulus, speech perception in noise Shezeen Abdul Gafoor Ajith Kumar Uppunda

American Journal of Audiology, 32, 4

Relationship between caudal and rostral auditory efferent pathways: A preliminary investigation

January 2022 Interactions within the auditory efferent system Shezeen Abdul Gafoor Ajith Kumar Uppunda

NeuroRegulation, 9, 1

Prevalence of communication disorders in Port Blair-Andaman and Nicobar Islands.

March 2020 prevalence study, survey Sreeraj Konadath Prashanth Prabhu P Vimala J Kasturi Pavithra Kannan Shezeen Abdul Gafoor Revathi Raveendran Chandan Rajendra Prateek Lokwani

Clinical Epidemiology and Global Health, 8, 1

Frequency importance function for monosyllables in Malayalam.

August 2016 Frequency importance function, Malayalam language Vijaya Kumar Narne Prashanth Prabhu P Priyanka Thuvassery Resmitha Ramachandran Akriti Kumar Revathi Raveendran Shezeen Abdul Gafoor

Hearing, Balance and Communication, 14, 4

Effect Of Visual Attention On Contralateral Suppression Of Acoustic Reflexes.

November 2015 Olivocochlear efferent system, effects of attention Prashanth Prabhu P Akriti Kumar Revathi Raveendran Shezeen Abdul Gafoor

Journal of Hearing Sciences, 5, 4

Book Chapter: Effect of Chikungunya Viral Infection on the Auditory System.

2021 Prashanth Prabhu P Shezeen Abdul Gafoor

Human Viruses: Diseases, Treatments and Vaccines: The New Insights, Springer Publishers