Gauri Mankekar

Assistant Professor

Department of Otolaryngology-Head Neck Surgery, Louisiana State University Shreveport, Louisiana, USA.

Latest Contribution

Literature review of experience with the BAHA Attract implant

1 March 2017 | | BAHA Attract, Transcutaneous bone conduction device, Hearing loss

The authors undertook a literature review for reports on patients who underwent BAHA Attract implantation. Of the 497 PubMed articles, 10 studies met their inclusion criteria. All the studies published were observational studies. There were no randomised control trials. The...

Comparison of linguistic profiles in three groups of children with hearing loss and specific language impairment

1 March 2017 | | children, cochlear implant, expressive language, hearing impairment, memory, specific language impairment

Spoken language deficits in children with hearing loss early in life are attributed to auditory speech perception limitations. It is assumed that hearing following cochlear implants (CIs) will improve these language deficits. However, the studies have shown that although cochlear...

Voice impairment following spinal cord injury

1 January 2017 | | activity, communication, participation, speech, spinal cord injury, voice

Patients with cervical spinal cord injury face several clinical problems. One of the problems is voice impairment secondary to poor respiratory support. Their syllables per breath, vocal intensity and vocal quality are impaired. This paper studied the impact of the...