AREAS OF INTEREST, EXPERTISE AND RESEARCH

Area of Interest

Audiology

Area of Expertise

Central Auditory Processing Disorders, Hearing Aids

Area of Research

Central Auditory Processing Disorders, Hearing Aids

Professional Affiliations & Contributions

Awards:

• November 2023, Best Paper Award for the research titled “Auditory Amblyopia: A Comprehensive Look at the Rationale and Contributing Factors in School-age Children” at HCC Flash VII, Tiruchirapalli, India.
• April 2023, Best Paper Award for the research titled “Effect of age and hearing loss on temporal processing abilities: a comparison between parsing syllable envelope (ParSE) test and temporal modulation transfer function (TMTF) test” at 2023 EPIKCON AIMS, Kochi, India.
• April 2023, Best Paper in Audiology for the research titled ‘Amblyaudia: Insight into prevalence and associated causes among school going children’ at RAAM-CD, AVMC, Puducherry, India.
• February 2020, Dr. B M Muktesh Award for best paper in Audiology for the paper titled ‘Relation between Performance on an Auditory Memory Test and Perception of Global Memory in Young and Older Adults.’ Paper presented at the 52^nd Indian Speech and Hearing Association Conference, Chandigarh, India.

PEER-REVIEWED PRESENTATIONS AT NATIONAL and INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCES/SEMINARS

• Dhrruvakumar, S., Karupaiah, K., Prabhu, P. (November 2023) “Auditory Amblyopia: A Comprehensive Look at the Rationale and Contributing factors in school-age children” Paper presented at HCC Flash VII, Tiruchirapalli, India
• Dhrruvakumar, S., Karupaiah, K., Sahay, P.N., Prabhu, P., Kumar, B., (October 2023) ‘The Influence of Melanin Content on Cochlear Functioning: A Study on Individuals with Normal Hearing Sensitivity’ Paper presented at the 2023 KSB-ISHACON, Kozhikode, India.
• Karupaiah, K., Dhrruvakumar, S., Sahay, P.N., Prabhu, P., Kumar, B., (2023, October). The Influence of Melanin Content on Cochlear Functioning: A Study on Individuals with Normal Hearing Sensitivity. Paper presented at the 2023 KSB-ISHACON, Kozhikode, India.
• Jeo Baby, Preethika Raja, Vishal K, Dhrruvakumar, S, Praveen Kumar C G and Veerabhadrappa, R. C. (2023, April). “Adaptation and validation of complete intelligibility spatiality and quality questionnaire in Tamil language” - Paper presented at the 2023 EPICON, Kochi, India.
• Jeo Baby, Anish Benadict A, Vishal K, Dhrruvakumar, S, Praveen Kumar C G and Veerabhadrappa, R. C. (2023, April). “Effect of age and hearing loss on temporal processing abilities: a comparison between parsing syllable envelope (ParSE) test and temporal modulation transfer function (TMTF) test” - Paper presented at the 2023 EPICON, Kochi, India.
• Christlin, S., Sivagnanam, S., Surendran, T., Dhrruvakumar, S., Kamalakannan, K. (February 2023) ‘Amblyaudia: Insight into prevalence and associated causes among school going children’ at RAAM-CD, AVMC, held at Puducherry, India.
• Kamalakannan, K., Surendran, T., Christlin, S., Dhrruvakumar., S (February 2023) ‘Newborn Hearing Screening Protocols: Challenges and progress towards early identification of hearing impairment’ at RAAM-CD, AVMC, held at Puducherry, India.
• Dhrruvakumar, S., Veerabhadrappa, R. C., & Kooknoor, V. (2023, February). “Development and Validation of the Perceptual Performance Test in the Malayalam Language” - Paper presented at the 54^th ISHACON held at Constitution Club of India, Delhi, India.
• Dhrruvakumar, S., Veerabhadrappa, R. C., & Kooknoor, V. (2023, February). “Does Aided Signal-to-Noise Ratio Predict Speech Perception in Noise in Older Adults with Sensorineural Hearing Loss?” - Paper presented at the 54^th ISHACON held at Constitution Club of India, Delhi, India.
• February 2020, Dhrruvakumar, S., & Yathiraj, A. ‘Relation between Performance on an Auditory Memory Test and Perception of Global Memory in Young and Older Adults’. Paper presented at the 52^nd ISHACON held at PGI Chandigarh, India.
• February 2020, Dhrruvakumar, S., & Yathiraj, A. ‘Spatial and Semantic Localisation and Auditory Stroop Test: Comparison of Young and Older Adults’. Paper presented at the 52^nd ISHACON held at PGI Chandigarh, India.
• January 2017, Dhrruvakumar, S., Shambu., T, and Prabhu., P. ‘Influence Of Practicing Yoga On Efferent Auditory System’. Paper Presented at 49^th ISHACON held at Kolkata, India.
• January 2017, Shambu., T, Dhrruvakumar, S., and Prabhu., P. ‘Effect Of Practicing Yoga On Cervical Vestibular Evoked Myogenic Potential.’ Paper Presented at 49^th ISHACON held at Kolkata, India.
• January 2017, Dhrruvakumar, S., Shambu., T, Zeena, V. P., and Kondanath., S. ‘Cochlear, Neural, Temporal Functions and quality of life in Traffic Police Personnel Exposed to Occupational Noise’. Paper Presented at 49^th ISHACON held at Kolkata, India.
• February 2014, Singh, S. Dhrruvakumar, S., and S. V., Narasimhan. ‘Correlation between Formant Frequencies and Speech Intelligibility in Parkinson Disease’. Paper Presented at 46^th ISHACON held at Kochi, India.
• February 2014, Dhrruvakumar, S., Singh, S. and R., Suma. ‘Comparison of Fast Mapping Skills in Children with and without Music Training’. Paper Presented at 46^th ISHACON held at Kochi, India.