Waheeda Pagarkar | International and Private Care

I have been a Consultant in Audiovestibular Medicine for 12 years. My expertise lies in lies in the diagnosis and management of hearing and balance difficulties in children. I have a special interest in Paediatric vestibular disorders, aetiological investigations of hearing loss, Paediatric tinnitus and children with complex and multiple audiovestibular symptoms. I work to the highest professional standards of Good Medical Practice outlined by the GMC.

Languages Spoken:

Urdu
Hindi

Children with hearing difficulties.
Paediatric Vestibular Medicine.
Children with dizziness and balance difficulties.
Children with tinnitus.
Children with permanent and temporary hearing loss.
Aetiological investigations for hearing loss.

Paediatric Vestibular Medicine.
Guideline development for Audiovestibular Condition.
Aetiological investigations for hearing loss.
Paediatric tinnitus.
Auditory neuropathy.

MBBS, Mumbai University, India 1987.
DCH, Mumbai University, 1989.
MD, Paediatrics, Mumbai University, India, 1990.
DNB, Paediatrics, National Board of Examinations, New Delhi, India,1990.
MRCPCH, Royal College of Paediatrics & Child Health, London, 1999.
MSc in Audiological Medicine (Distinction) at University College London, 2004.

Paediatric Vestibular Medicine.
Guideline development for Audiovestibular Conditions.
Aetiological investigations for hearing loss.
Paediatric tinnitus.
dual sensory impairment

Dr Waheeda Pagarkar is covered by the following insurers:

Publications & articles

‘Guidelines for progressive hearing loss’ for BAAP website, 2017

Consensus Statement of the Indian Academy of Pediatrics on Newborn Hearing Screening. National Consultation Meeting for Developing IAP Guidelines on Neurodevelopmental Disorders under the aegis of IAP Childhood Disability Group and the Committee on Child Development and Neurodevelopmental Disorders, Paul A, Prasad C, Kamath SS, Dalwai S, C Nair MK, Pagarkar W. Indian Pediatr. 2017

‘Aetiological investigations in permanent childhood hearing loss’ Hearing Balance and communication September 2016

Cognitive, Behavioural and Emotional Co-morbidities in Children with Hearing Impairment, in India Waheeda Pagarkar; Chetna Duggal; Sohini Chatterjee; Dania Siddiqui; Ameya P. Bondre; Ankita Thotam; Deepti Kanade-Modak; Samir H. Dalwai Asian Journal of Research in Social Sciences and Humanities. Vol. 6, No. 3, March 2016, pp. 56-66.

Guidelines for aetiological investigation into severe to profound bilateral permanent childhood hearing impairment April 2015 BAAP website

Guidelines for aetiological investigation into mild to moderate bilateral permanent childhood hearing impairment April 2015 BAAP website

Guidelines for aetiological investigation into unilateral permanent childhood hearing impairment April 2015 BAAP website

Luxon L and Pagarkar W. Vestibular and Autonomic interaction in Eds Mathias C, Bannister R Autonomic Failure: A Textbook of Clinical Disorders of the Autonomic Nervous System Oxford University Press 2013

Pagarkar W, Spyridakou C. Anatomy and Pathophysiology of Dizziness and Vertigo in Neuro-otology section of ebrain. Joint Neurosciences Council. 2012

Pagarkar W, Gunny R, Saunders D, Li W, Rajput K. Bony cochlear nerve canal in children with hypoplastic or absent cochlear nerves. International Journal of Pediatric Otorhinolaryngology. 2011 Jun;75(6):764-73.

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