- Our centre was inaugurated on 24th October, 2011 by the Hon. Governor of Karnataka H.R. Bharadwaj. Dr. Bathi Reddy Head, Deparment of ENT Manipal hospital Bangalore and Dr. Rathnavalli, Head, Dept of Neurology Manipal Hospital were the Special invitees for the occasion.
- Communication DEALL program for children with communication disorders was inaugurated at Octave by Dr. Prathiba Karant , Director Comm DEALL trust Bangalore on.
- A One day workshop on tinnitus assessment and management was conducted in collaboration with Hansaton Akustik GmbH, Germany and Hearing Aid Centre Chennai on 18th Nov 2011. It was attended by students of Speech and Hearing colleges from Bangalore.
- A workshop on restorative and therapeutic yoga for children with special needs was conducted on 21st Jan 2012 by Sowmya Ayyar. The participants were parents with children with attention deficit disorders and autism spectrum disorders. The parents benefitted a lot from this interactive session.
- New Born Hearing Screening program was launched by Octave at Malathi Manipal Hospital on 1st, June 2012.
- Dr. Preeja Balan, was the resource person for the workshop on Augmentative and Alternative Communication: Communication made better Conducted by Father Muller College of Speech and Hearing, Mangalore September 7, 2011.
http://www.daijiworld.com/news/news_disp.asp?n_id=114929 - Dr. Vani Rupela of Octave gave a talk titled “Clinical issues in management of Phonological disorders” for the National Workshop on Phonological Disorders: Clinical Perspectives held at All India Institute of Speech & Hearing, Mysore on January 6, 2012.
- Octave launched audiology services at Spastic Society of Karnataka
- Octave in association with Whitecross clinics conducted an industrial hearing screening at Caterpillar Inc , Hosur
- Dr. Vani Rupela of Octave gave a poster presentation titled Motor speech profiles in children with Down syndrome.
- Dr. Preeja Balan and Dr. Anusha Ayyar gave a talk on “Communication interaction in clients who are diagnosed with Dementia” during the Training programe in Management of Dementia conducted by Nightingales Medical Trust in association with National Institute of Social Defence, in Bangalore held on 14th February, 2012 to 18th February, 2012
