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Dr. Shomeshwar Singh

Senior Consultant

Department

ENT

Qualification

MBBS, MS, DLO, FRCS, MD

Dr Shomeshwar Singh qualified and trained in India (1990-99) and the United Kingdom (2000-08). Dr Singh is a Senior Consultant in Ear, Nose, Throat and Hearing (Cochlear) implants with more than 25 years of experience. He has a very large series of cochlear implant patients with published excellent outcomes. Dr Singh heads one of the largest cochlear implant programs in India. He is an established Trainer / Mentor Surgeon for new Cochlear Implant Programs and runs the ACIC – an annual surgical instruction course in Cochlear Implant surgery. Dr Singh is the inventor of See Sound Live (SSL) – a novel assistive technology empowering the deaf to speak. SSL is currently under trials in India, UK and USA. He was awarded several grants and the prestigious BIRAC INNOVATOR AWARD for his research by the Vice President of India in 2020.
  • MBBS. December 1994. JIPMER, Pondicherry University, India
  • MS (Otolaryngology), March 1999. JIPMER, Pondicherry University, India
  • DLO, November 1999, Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • FRCS (Otolaryngology), November 2001, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland
  • MD (Clinical Research - Cochlear Implants), October 2005, Cochlear Implant Program, Great Ormond Street Hospital, University College London
  • Auditory Implants – Cochlear Implants & Bone conduction Implants surgery
  • Advanced Otology – reconstruction of Tympanic membrane & Ossicular chain
  • General ENT, Endoscopic Nose & Sinus Surgery, Microlaryngo surgery
  • Delhi Medical Council
  • Haryana Medical Council
  • BCIG – British Cochlear Implant Group
  • ENT – UK
  • CIGI – Cochlear Implant Group of India
  • AOI – Association of Otolaryngologists of India
  • Royal College of Surgeons of England
  • Royal College of Surgeons of Ireland
  • Alumni – University College London
  • Alumni – JIPMER, Pondicherry
  • PHILIP STELL PRIZE AWARDEE 2006: Otolaryngological Research Society, London, UK
  • BIRAC IIPME Grant 2017-19: Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, Govt of India
  • BIRAC SBIRI Grant 2019-20: Biotechnology Industry Research Assistance Council, Govt of India
  • NATIONAL BIO - ENTREPRENEURSHIP COMPETITION 2019 winner– Digital Health, INDIA
  • BIRAC INNOVATOR AWARD 2020 - BIRAC, Govt of India
  • TECHNOLOGY INNOVATOR AWARD 2021: Corporate Vision, United Kingdom 2021
  1. Singh S, Salib RJ, Oates J. (2002) Traumatic fracture of the stapes suprastructure following minor head injury. Journal of Laryngology and Otology. 116(6): 457-59
  2. Salib RJ, Singh S, Ghori MA, De PR. (2003) Globus pharyngeus secondary to lingual tonsil hyperplasia: Treatment with KTP Laser vaporization. CME Bulletin Otorhinolaryngology Head & Neck Surgery. 7(3): 85-88
  3. Singh S, Liasis A, Rajput K, Luxon LM. (2004) Short report: Methodological considerations in recording MMN in cochlear implant patients. Cochlear Implants International 5(2): 76-80
  4. Singh S, Bajaj Y. (2004) Letter to Editor (Efficacy of ice packs in the management of epistaxis). Clinical Otolaryngology 29: 1-1
  5. Singh S, Liasis A, Towell A, Rajput K, Luxon LM (2004) Event related potentials in cochlear implant patients. Ear and Hearing. 25(6): 598-610
  6. Kanegaonkar R, Douse E, Singh S, Vaz F (2004) Benefits of Introduction to ENT for SHOs. The Royal College of Surgeons of England Bulletin. 69
  7. Bajaj Y, Singh S, Cozens N, Sharp J (2005) Critical clinical appraisal of the role of ultrasound guided fine needle aspiration cytology in the management of parotid tumours. The Journal of Laryngology and Otology. 119(4): 289-292
  8. Bajaj Y, Singh S, Reddy T. N. (2006). Functional endoscopic sinus surgery: 7 Year’s review. Journal International Medical Sciences Academy, 19(2).
  9. Singh S, Liasis A, Rajput K, Luxon LM (2006) Event related potentials – are they useful in paediatric cochlear implant patients? Clinical Otolaryngology, 31(3): 248-249
  10. Rafiq R, Singh S (2007) Trachaeostomy – selected internet viewings. Annals of Royal College of Surgeons of England 89(2): 187-189
  11. Singh S, Vashist S, Ariyaratne TV (2015) One-year experience with the Cochlear™ Paediatric Implanted Recipient Observational Study (Cochlear P-IROS) in New Delhi, India. Journal of Otology. 10(2): 58-65.
  12. Vashist S, Singh S (2016) CSF Gusher in Cochlear Implant Surgery–does it affect surgical outcomes? European Annals of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck Diseases, Volume 133, Pages S21-S24
  13. Singh S, Vashist S, Ariyaratne TV (2017) Three years experience with the Cochlear™ Paediatric Implanted Recipient Observational Study (Cochlear P-IROS) at New Delhi, India. J Otolaryngol ENT Res 9(1):00278.
  14. Singh S, Nagarajan K, Chachan R, Sabherwal A, Verma N, Vashist S, Vijaylakhmi P, Pandep P, Lavanya T, Nakra R, Nirankari H, Singh A, Singh S (2022) Developing a novel assistive technology empowering the deaf to speak using visual feedback. Disability and Rehabilitation: Assistive technology (IN PRESS)
  15. Lida Muller, Bee See Goh, Antonio Paz Cordovés, Gayane Sargsyan, Kapil Sikka, Shomeshwar Singh, Qiujian Xin, Lei Xu, Petra Graham, Chris James, Paula Greenham (2022) Longitudinal Outcomes for Educational Placement and Quality of Life in a Prospectively Recruited Multinational Cohort of Children with Cochlear Implants. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology (IN PRESS)
  • Singh S, Irving R (2007) Facial nerve management in petrous apex cholesteatoma surgery. Abstract Book; 5th International Conference on Vestibular schwannoma and other CPA lesions, Barcelona. 43:32
  • Singh S, Liasis A, Rajput K, Luxon L (2006) Event related potentials – are they useful in paediatric cochlear implant patients. Clinical Otolaryngology. 31(3): 248-9.
  • Singh S, Liasis A, Rajput K, Luxon L (2006) Event related potentials – are they useful in paediatric cochlear implant patients. Abstract Book; The 28th International Congress of Audiology, Innsbruck. L132:73
  • Singh S, Rafiq R, Karamchandani D, Vishwanath D, Saeed S, East D (2006) Revision mastoid surgery – retrospective case review of 200 operations. Abstracts and Posters; The 12th British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology, Birmingham, July 2006
  • Singh S, Karamchandani D, Rafiq R, Vishwanath D, Saeed S, Turner N (2006) Canal wall down mastoid surgery and retraction pockets – a review. Abstracts and Posters; The 12th British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology, Birmingham, July 2006
  • Rafiq R, Singh S, Karamchandani D, Ndukwe D, Simmons M (2006) Lemierre’s syndrome – too dangerous to forget? Abstracts and Posters; The 12th British Academic Conference in Otolaryngology, Birmingham, July 2006
  • Singh S, Liasis A, Rajput K, Luxon L: Event related potentials – a potential prognostic tool in paediatric cochlear implant patients. Abstract Book; Fourth Conference on Mismatch Negativity (MMN) and its clinical and scientific applications, Cambridge 2006
  • Singh S, Khan H, Malik N, Mathews J, Wilson F: Patient satisfaction in ENT Outpatient clinic. Proceedings of the meeting - Joint ENT UK, RSM and SOS summer meeting, Edinburgh, September 2005
  • Narayan J, Hadjihannas E, Thevasagayam M, Singh S, De R. Vestibular Schwannoma – are we screening appropriately. Proceedings of the meeting; AAO HNSF Annual Meeting and ENT Expo 2005.
  • Singh S, Rajput K, Liasis, Luxon LM: Correlation of electrophysiological measures of auditory processing with outcome in paediatric cochlear implant patients. Abstract Book. Royal Society of Medicine, London, May 2003
  • Singh S, Rajput K, Liasis A, Luxon LM: Mismatch negativity in paediatric cochlear implant patients. Proceedings of the meeting; 3rd meeting of British Society of Neurotology, London, September 2003
  • Singh S, Liasis A, Rajput K, Luxon LM: Methodological considerations in recording MMN in cochlear implant patients. Proceedings of the meeting. Third international workshop on mismatch negativity and auditory functions and dysfunctions, Lyon, France, May 2003
  • Andrews PJ, Chorbachi R, Sirimanna T, Singh S, Sommerlad B, Hartley BEJ: Evaluation of hearing thresholds in 3 month old cleft palate children: The basis for a selective policy for ventilation tube insertion at time of palate repair. Proceedings of the meeting. 8th International symposium on Recent Advances in Otitis Media, Ft Lauderdale, Florida, USA, June 2003