Associated doctors · Speech and swallowing
Arun Balaji
Speech Language Pathologist
Tata Memorial Hospital, Parel, Mumbai
Arun Balaji is a speech language pathologist at Tata Memorial Hospital, Mumbai, where he has worked in cancer rehabilitation since 2012. He helps people with head and neck cancer recover their voice and their swallowing, including after a total laryngectomy.
He was awarded a UICC Technical Fellowship by the Union for International Cancer Control to visit Stanford Medicine Cancer Center in the United States, to learn and bring back new approaches to speech rehabilitation and person-centred care.
At a glance
- Role
- Speech Language Pathologist, Tata Memorial Hospital
- Experience
- Cancer rehabilitation since 2012
- Special interests
- Voice restoration after laryngectomy, voice prostheses, swallowing therapy in head and neck cancer
- Fellowship
- UICC Technical Fellowship, Stanford Medicine Cancer Center, USA
Where to find them
Tata Memorial Hospital, Dr. E. Borges Road, Parel, Mumbai 400012.
What a speech and swallowing therapist does
A speech and language pathologist teaches you new ways to speak after a laryngectomy: with a voice prosthesis, with an electrolarynx, or with oesophageal speech. They fit and change voice prostheses, and show you how to care for them.
They also check your swallowing, which can feel different after surgery and radiation, and teach exercises and habits that make mealtimes easier.
Profiles
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