Mangaluru: The department of Speech and Hearing from Father Muller Medical College (FMMC) will hold a free three-day camp for screening individuals with stuttering deficits from February 11 to 13 at its college premises.

This camp will be held in association with the National Institute of Technology, Karnataka, (NITK), Surathkal.

The camp will be held at Father Muller Medical college Hospital, Kankanady from 8:30 am to 4:30 pm. It will mainly focus on evaluation of individuals with stuttering or stuttering like features. Expertise professionals will be instrumental in the assessment and management of the problem.

The field of speech, language pathology and audiology is dedicated to understanding of communication and hearing process and the application of that knowledge to the identification, treatment, and prevention of communication disorders in children and adults.

Speech, language pathologists and audiologists provide a range of services, which include both assessment and management of communication disorders and also play a major role in public awareness and prevention of these disorders.

The diagnostic unit of Audiology and speech, Language Pathology in Father Muller Charitable Institutions has been in service for more than 35 years. It offers wide range of services and works in the best interest of patients. It has mainly three units- audiology, speech diagnostics and speech therapy.

Audiology mainly focuses on hearing evaluation and hearing aid trial, whereas speech diagnostics and speech therapy focuses on the assessment of speech, language problems and rehabilitation of persons with disability respectively.

Department of speech and Hearing has also taken initiative in the development of manpower and hence, started a full-time bachelor’s course in speech and hearing and has been successfully running the course for the last nine years.