Dr Srikanth Chundu

Along with teaching on our BSc (Hons) Hearing Sciences degree, Srikanth worked as a cochlear implant audiologist at University of Southampton Auditory Implant Service.

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Background

Srikanth joined Anglia Ruskin University on a full-time basis in April 2015. He has worked in various settings in audiology, and is now focusing on research projects in collaboration with other departments and universities.

Research interests

• Cochlear implant rehabilitation
• Internet-based rehabilitation
• Psychosocial aspects of hearing loss and occupational hearing loss

Areas of research supervision

• Cochlear implants and electrophysiology (ALR)
• Cochlear implants and vestibular function

Qualifications

• Doctor of Audiology (AuD), NOVA Southeastern University, USA
• College of Allied Health and Nursing, 2008-2010
• MSc Audiology, University of Southampton. ISVR Hearing and Balance Centre, 2005-2006
• BSc Speech & Hearing, University of Mysore, India
• All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, 2001-2004

Memberships, editorial boards

• Registered with the Registration Council for Clinical Physiologists (RCCP), UK (Registration No: 4945) as an audiologist
• Life member of Indian Speech and Hearing Association (L-995)

Selected recent publications

Peer reviewed

Manchaiah, V., Easwar, V., Boothalingam, S., Chundu, S. and Rajalakshmi, K., in press. Psychological work environment and professional satisfaction among Indian audiologists. International Journal of Speech & Language Pathology and Audiology.

Chundu, S., Janani, J., Mandke, K. and Manchaiah, V.K.C., 2014. Parental reported benefits and shortcomings of cochlear implantation: Parental reports from India. International Journal of Speech & Language Pathology and Audiology.

Chundu, S. and Flynn, S.L., 2014. Audiogram and Cochlear Implant Candidacy - UK Perspective. Cochlear Implants International, doi: 10.1179/1754762813Y.0000000052

Boothalingam, S., Easwar, V., Chundu, S., Manchaiah, V.K.C. and Ismail, S.M., 2013. Audiological practices in India: An internet based survey of audiologists. Indian Journal of Otolaryngology and Head & Neck Surgery, DOI: 10.1007/s12070-013-0674-2

Chundu, S., 2013. Acoustic analysis of speech processed through a compression hearing aid. Journal of Indian Speech and Hearing Association, 26(2), pp.19-28.

Chundu, S. and Buhagiar, R. Audiologists’ knowledge of cochlear implants and referrals to the Implant centre. Cochlear implants International. http://dx.doi.org/10.1179/1754762812Y.0000000025

Non peer-reviewed papers

Manchaiah, V.K.C., Sivaprasad, M.R., Chundu, S. and Dutt, S.N., 2010. Ear and Hearing Healthcare Services in India. ENT & Audiology News, 19(5), pp.93-95.

Manchaiah, V.K.C., Sivaprasad, M.R. and Chundu, S., 2009. Audiology in India. Audiology Today, 21(6), pp.38-44.

Publications under review/submission

White, S.P., Carey, K.V., Cullington, H.E. and Chundu, S., to submit. A comparison of auditory performance and speech intelligibility outcomes following cochlear implantation in children with Auditory Neuropathy Spectrum Disorder (ANSD).