L.P.A Jayathilake

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Research Interests:

• Acquired Neurological Communication Disorders
• Aphasia post-stroke
• Child Language Disorders

Service :

• Coordinating Year 1 undergraduate programs.
• Assisting lecturers to conduct lectures and clinical examinations.
• Assisting to supervise undergraduates at speech and language therapy clinics.
• Conducting tutorials and practical sessions to undergraduates.
• Assisting to organize and implement conferences, workshops, research symposiums, and guest lectures undertaken by the department.
• Assisting students in their academic and research.
• Assisting both the academic and non-academic staff on administrative matters.
• Conducting speech and language therapy clinics at Ayati National Center for Children with Disabilities.

D.M.D.I.Dissanayeke

Specialization:

Contact:

:077-8912807

Research Interests:

• Dysphagia (Pediatric/ Adult)
• Adult speech and language disorders (Acquired neurological conditions)
• Child speech disorders
• Voice
• Fluency

Service :

• Coordinating year-03 undergraduate program.
• Assisting lecturer to conduct lectures and clinical examinations.
• Assisting to supervise undergraduates at speech and language therapy clinics.
• Participating in research projects undertaken by the department related to the field of speech and language therapy, and participating data collection projects at NCTH, J/Pura and Ayati.
• Assisting students in their academic and research.
• Assisting to organize the tasks at the orientation program for the new batch
• Assisting both the academic and non-academic staff on administrative matters.
• Conducting speech and language therapy clinics at Ayati National Center for Children with Disabilities.
• Participating to the feeding clinic and music groups at Ayati National Center for Children with Disabilities.
• Organizing group sessions (communication cafe) in adult clinic at Ayati.
• Managing case load and conducting adult speech and language therapy clinic at Ayati.
• Attending to OPD clinic (Stroke unit) in North- Colombo Teaching Hospital, Ragama.
• Attending to OPD clinic (Stroke unit) in Sri Jayewardenepura General Hospital.

Research Publications:

• Publication in process:

  Dissanayake, D.M.D.I., Bakmeewewa D.A.B., Devagiri K.M.B., “Public Awareness, Knowledge and Attitudes of Dysphagia in Colombo and Gampaha Districts”, Accepted for ASHA conference 2024 (Virtual poster presentation)

• Decision pending in conference proceedings:

  Dissanayake, D.M.D.I., Bakmeewewa D.A.B., Devagiri K.M.B., “Public Awareness, Knowledge and Attitudes of Dysphagia in Colombo and Gampaha Districts”, Young Researchers Symposium 2024, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kelaniya, Sri Lanka

I.G.J Clifton

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Research Interests:

• Balance assessments.
• Hearing aids advancements.
• Vestibular Disorders.
• Electrophysiological testing. (AEPs)
• Tinnitus Research.
• Implantable devices.
• Computational Audiology.
• Community Audiology.
  
  

Service :

• Coordinating Year 2nd Undergraduate programs.
• Assisting lecturers to conduct lectures and clinical examinations.
• Assisting to supervise undergraduates at the Audiology clinic.
• Conducting tutorials and practical sessions to undergraduates.
• Assisting to organize and implement workshops and screening programs undertaken by the department.
• Coordinating, facilitating and undertaking Multiple Disciplinary team assessments and sessions at Ayati.
• Coordinating, facilitating and undertaking Journal Club sessions by various clinicians at Ayati.
• Coordinating, facilitating and undertaking Continuous Professional development sessions by various clinicians and professionals atAyati and external facilities.
• Contributing to MDT sessions with the ENT unit of NCTH.
• Participating in research projects undertaken by the department related to the field of Audiology.
• Assisting students in their academics and research activities
• Assisting academic and non-academic staff on administrative matters related to department activities.
• Contributing to the Audiology clinic at Ayati National Center for Children with Disabilities as an Audiologist for Pediatric and Geriatric population, decide on various audiological test batteries.
• Conducting Screening and Diagnostic testings for the Patients of Ayati.
• Conducting Behavioural Assessments, Electro-physiological Assessments related to Hearing for patients at Ayati Center.
• Conducting Behavioural Assessments, Electro-physiological Assessments related to Balance for patients at Ayati Center.
• Facilitating Hearing aids and Auditory Rehabilitation for Patients with hearing impairment for patients at Ayati Center.
• Conducting Auditory Verbal Therapy sessions for patients at Ayati Center.
• Contributing in the commencement and development of the Tinnitus clinic at Ayati.
• Contributing in the commencement and development of the Vestibular clinic at Ayati.
  
  

Research Publications:

• Clifton, J. & Karunarathne, S.S. “Diagnostic measures of Vestibular evoked myogenic potentials for the differentiation of Vestibular Neuritis from multiple sclerosis and stroke during the acute stage of illness: A Systematic Review.”, Accepted for ASHA conference 2024 (Virtual Poster Presentation).

K.A.D.A.P Gunawardena

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Research Interests:

• Paediatric physiotherapy

• Rheumatology and rehabilitation

Service :

• Coordinating students of BSc (Hons) in Occupational therapy programme.
• Assisting lecturers to conduct lectures and clinical examinations.
• Conducting tutorials and practical sessions to undergraduates.
• Assisting to organize and implement conferences, workshops, research symposiums, and guest lectures undertaken by the department.
• Assisting students in their academics and research.
• Assisting both the academic and non-academic staff on administrative matters
  
  

Research Publications:

• Gunawardena D, Jayawardena R ,Relationship between Screen Time and Sleep Quality among Advanced-Level Students in a National school in Colombo district , Colombo Medical congress 2023 by Faculty of Medicine ,University of Colombo(Poster presentation)