Bachelor in Audiology and Speech Language Pathology

• Must have studied Physics, Chemistry and Biology from a recognized educational institution and passed with a minimum of 50 percent or 2.4 CGPA in the proficiency certificate level or Grade 12 Science group.

or

• Students from A-level or other similar programs with different grading systems should have studied Physics, Chemistry and Biology subjects and passed with a minimum of 50 percent or 2.4 CGPA.

or

• Proficiency Certificate or Diploma in Health Science (General Medicine or Medical Lab Technology or Ophthalmic Science or Dental Science or Pharmacy or Radiography or Ayurveda or Physiotherapy) with a minimum of 50% marks in aggregate and passed in Physics, Chemistry and Biology from the National Examination Board Must have obtained at least 50% or 2.4 CGPA marks and have obtained the equivalence of Grade 12th Science group and should be registered in the respective council.

Provisions for Admission Process

1. In order to pass the integrated admission process, a minimum of 50 percentile should be obtained.

2. One mark will be awarded for each correct answer and marks will be deducted at the rate of 0.25 for each wrong answer.

Candidates who have been successfully selected in the admission process will have to submit the following original and 1/1 photocopy of the following documents to the concerned educational institution at the time of admission.

1. Certificate of qualification, Transcript and Character Certificate of 10+2 and SLC/SEE or Equivalent

2. Copy of Citizenship / Passport

3. Admit card of the Entrance Examination

4. Documents submitted for reservation

5. Certificate of Equivalence for the students with certificates from foreign institutions

*Foreign candidates wishing to study in the vacated seat for foreign students must fill in the online application form mentioning the academic program of their choice within the time limit mentioned in this notice.

PROVISIONS FOR SCHOLARSHIPS

As per Rule 20 of the National Medical Education Rules, 2077, out of the total scholarship seats to be awarded to the Government of Nepal at the undergraduate level, 55 percent of the seats will be distributed through open competition and 45 percent of the seats will be distributed on the basis of the following:

Female	33%
Dalit	9%
Aadibasi janajati	15%
Khas Aryan	17%
Madhesi	12%
Tharu	4%
Muslim	2%
Candidates from the Backward community	4%
Disabled	2%
Families of martyrs, families of disappeared persons, families of injured warriors, and conflict victims	2%

Examination Format

Question Type: Single best response type of multiple-choice questionsOption:Four Options (A,B, C,D)Number of Questions: 200Full marks: 200Cognitive Ratio:Recall:Understanding:Application-30:50:20Duration: 3 hours

Weightage

S.N.	Content/Domain	Question
a.	Zoology	40
1.	Biology, origin, and evolution of life	4
2.	General characteristics and classification of protozoa to Chordata.	8
3.	Plasmodium, earthworm, and frog,	8
4.	Human biology and human diseases	14
5.	Animal tissues	4
6.	Environmental pollution, adaptation and animal behavior, application of zoology	2
b.	Botany	40
7.	The basic component of life and biodiversity	11
8.	Ecology and environment	5
9.	Cell biology and genetics	12
10.	Anatomy and physiology	7
11.	Developmental and applied botany	5
c.	Chemistry	50
12.	General and physical chemistry	18
13.	Inorganic chemistry	14
14.	Organic chemistry	18
d.	Physics	50
15.	Mechanics	10
16.	Heat and thermodynamics	6

S.N.	Content/Domain	Question
17.	Geometrical optics and physical optics	6
18.	Current electricity and magnetism	9
19.	Sound waves, electrostatics, and capacitors	6
20.	Modern physics and nuclear physics	6
21.	Solid and semiconductor devices (electronics)	4
22.	Particle physics, source of energy, and universe	3
e.	Mental AgilityTest(MAT)	20
23.	Verbal reasoning	5
24.	Numerical reasoning	5
25.	Logical sequencing	5
26.	Spatial relation/Abstract reasoning	5
	Total	200

Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists

Professionals in this field help those who have difficulties using or understanding verbal or nonverbal communication — for example, stroke survivors or people who are hard of hearing. Working in one of these professions requires a master's degree.

Career Opportunities:

1. While in a hospital, it is the role of a Clinical Audiologist dealing with identification, assessment & diagnosis of hearing impairment and therapy for speech defects.
2. In the industries they deal with occupational health hazards.
3. In the institutes for the Handicapped, they work as the rehabilitator, while in special schools for the handicapped the role revolves around Educational Audiology.
4. The versatile activities of the speech and hearing specialist open up avenues for their career advancement.
5. Though recently introduced in Nepal, many professionals from India have migrated to different parts of the world like, U.S.A , U.K. , Germany , Canada & Australia and have carved out a nice career for themselves

BASLP Curriculum 

Year 1

• Human communication, speech-language development and disorders
• Introduction to audiology
• Basic medical sciences related to speech and hearing
• Introduction to linguistics
• Basic acoustics and electronics
• Psychology related to speech and hearing
• Basic statistics

Year 2

• Speech-language diagnostics and therapeutics
• Articulation and phonological disorders
• Voice and laryngectomy
• Diagnostic audiology
• Amplification and assistive devices for the hearing impaired
• Educational audiology
• Research methods

Year 3

• Fluency and its disorders
• Neurogenic language disorders in adults
• Rehabilitative audiology
• Neuromotor speech disorders
• Noise measurement and hearing conservation
• Pediatric audiology
• Community-oriented professional practices

Year 4

• Internship

Downloads

Syllabus for NHPC Licensing Examination of Bachelor in Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology (BASLP).pdf