Sohum Innovation Lab
An ISO 13485 company
Sohum hearing screening, is a unique system solution to screen newborns for hearing loss in global resource-poor settings to prevent speech loss.
How can we work together?
You can help bring hearing screening to all children, no matter where they are born. We work with Maternity Homes, NICUs, Neonatalogists, Pediatricians, ENT specialists, Cochlear Implant Surgeons, Audiologists, NGOs, Government programs, Investors, Philanthropists, CSR, Professionals, Students to achieve the goal of screening every newborn for hearing ability.
Creating awareness of
timely screening
A majority of the Indian population believes that if a person is hearing impaired they can’t speak. Creating awareness about the criticality of timely screening is a part of our focus.
Developing affordable technology
After doing an immersive research we boiled it down to five unique must-have features for Sohum to perform in resource constrained settings around the world and built these into the device.
Building an
after-care cycle
We have a unique audiologist network to assist our device. Every child tested positive will be referred to Sohum certified audiologist. In this way, interventions will be ensured and measured with follow-ups.
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Sohum device in use in public health setup
Sohum Device is used in public health setups with many high-risk babies getting screened for hearing loss early on. Sohum’s early screening technology &... -
Developing affordable technology
The solution performs in noisy settings, reduces the risk of sedation of baby, doesn’t need disposables and is easy to sterilize and reuse. -
Building an aftercare cycle
We have formed a professional network of audiologist/ ENT professionals to do aftercare for the hearing impaired newborns. -
Creating awareness
We have started implementing our awareness solution “Baby’s first year” calendar in multiple Indian languages in both mobile and print media to increase awareness.
About Sohum
Sohum Innovation Lab develops market-driven solutions to improve the health and incomes of people living in resource-poor settings. We do front line research and develop technology and strategies, that create self-sustaining value chains among the under-served.The need for hearing screening of newborns came out of immersive research in medical facilities in global resource poor settings.
When we are not traveling globally, or in the remote parts of India, we are in Bangalore.
