Amrita Speech and Hearing Improvement School

The Amrita Speech and Hearing Improvement School (ASHIS) is one of only a few schools in Kerala that scientifically teaches partially deaf and mute children to develop their capacity of speech. Instruction is intended to enable them to interact with other children and lead a normal, full and productive life. Class sizes are small, typically 6-8 students, to enable many repetitions of the study material. Given proper instruction, attention, care and love, up to 70% of these hearing-related disabilities can be cured in such children, provided the training is given from an early age.

The M.A.Math took over the school in 1996 and since that time has constructed new facilities and specially trained the teachers for this type of curriculum. The M.A.Math intends to develop a speech therapy center and a diagnostic center in Mysore in the near future in accordance with the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing.