ResearchStudies that turn into better hearing care.
Our active research focuses on the moments families most need help — preparing for cochlear-implant surgery, and accepting hearing-aids in later life.
Project 1 · Ongoing
Sanwad – Nirnaymitra
In association with Test India Pvt. Ltd., a Mumbai-based company, this project develops a
counselling video that addresses parents' fears about cochlear-implant surgery. A survey was
carried out across Pune, Kolhapur, Mumbai and Aurangabad to gather feedback from parents and
professionals. The video will save professional counselling time, reduce redundancy, and help
families arrive at the surgery with clarity and confidence.
Project 2 · Ongoing
Sanwad – Reconnect
Hearing loss in the older population is largely age-related. Adults above 75 often face
isolation and depression because they cannot keep up with conversation, and are reluctant to
invest in hearing-aids given limited remaining life expectancy. Sanwad-Reconnect offers advanced
hearing-aids on a rental basis to build acceptance, while studying perception of hearing-aids
from both the patient's and the family's perspective.