Bachelor of Audiology and Speech Language Pathology (BASLP)

This program was also heavily influenced by American colleges and offered as dual degree in audiology and speech and language pathology. The education programs are very rigorous and demanding. The majority of our PGs and UGs are employed in India and other countries like United States, Australia, United Kingdom, and Middle East countries. BASLP is a dual Bachelor degree program in paramedical stream and is of four years duration, which includes oneyear internship. The program is affiliated to the University of Calicut and recognized by the Rehabilitation Council of India (RCI). There is very high demand for qualified audiologists and speech pathologists in and out of India

Programme Structure

In 1 Semester: Speech, Anatomy, Physiology, Pathology, Electronics and Acoustics
In II Semester: Audiology, Psychology, Linguistics, Phonetics and Genetics.
In III Semester: Audiology, Articulation disorders, Voice disorders, ENT, Paediatrics & Neurology.
In IV Semester: Prosodic disorders, Management of orally handicapped, Psychology, Statistics and Research Methodology
In V Semester: Neurogenic Speech Disorders, Child language Disorders, Hearing aids, Noise.
In VI Semester: Paediatric Audiology, Aphasiology, Clinical Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience. Practical sessions in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology will be interwoven along with theory classes throughout the course.

Number of seats - 30

Career Opportunities

A person on completing the course in the field of language pathology can work as speech pathologists as well as audiologists. Since the speech and hearing is a developing branch of allied health sciences, its scope is widespread. They can work in various settings such as:

Hospitals

Rehabilitation centers

Private clinics

Hearing aid centers and companies

Various industries

Special schools

Instructory institutions

Academic teaching & research

Forensic speech pathology & audiology

There is an acute scarcity of these professionals and very high demand in India and abroad

Eligibility

Should have obtained a minimum of 50% (40% in case of SC/ST candidates) in 10+2 examination or equivalent examination conducted by the Pre University Board of Education of Government of respective State, and further Should have studied: Physics, Chemistry, Biology and any one of Mathematics/ Computer Science/ Statistics/ Electronics / Psychology at the time of entry / admission to the first year of BASLP course the candidate should be of age 17 years or above. The maximum age at admission shall not exceed 25 years. Number of Seats: 30

How to Apply

Online application for the course has already started. Application fee is Rs. 600/- Candidates whose applications are found acceptable shall be called for an interview. The following documents shall be brought at the time of interview

Interview Card

Qualifying certificates

Transfer Certificate and Conduct Certificates from the institutions last attended

2 copies of passport size and 1 stamp size photo

S.S.L.C Book

SC, ST, OEC, candidates should produce Community Certificate