Dr Darshini K J

Bio

Dr.Darshini.K.J is a Speech Therapist and Audiologist in the Dept. of Speech Pathology and Audiology at National Institute of Mental Health and Neurosciences, Bengaluru,India. She works as a part of the multi-disciplinary team in the evaluation and facilitation of communication abilities of individuals with Neurogenic communication disorders like Dementia, Traumatic Brain injury, Post stroke aphasia and Parkinson’s Disease and Neuro-developmental disorders. Her primary areas of interest include Cognitive-communication disorders in adults like Fronto-Temporal Dementias, Alzheimer’s Disease Dementia, Traumatic Brain injury and adult language disorders like Post stroke aphasia. Her PhD focused on the development of culturally valid language assessment battery for the evaluation of individuals with Primary Progressive Aphasia.

She is actively involved in conducting granular assessment of speech-language abilities of individuals with cognitive-communication disorder and planning cognitive-linguistic intervention programs. She was a part of the team involved in the development of culturally valid picture naming test and semantic memory battery and for evaluation of individuals with Dementia.

She has received bursary awards for her work on language assessment of individuals with Dementia. She is certified by the Rehabilitation Council of India and is a member of the Indian Speech and Hearing Association.

Key Publications

1. Darshini KJ, Goyal S, Arshad F, Vandana VP,Subasree Ramakrishnan, Suvarna Alladi. Posterior cortical atrophy in Logopenic Progressive Aphasia: A Case Report. Frontiers in Communication. 2022 Nov; DOI:10.3389/fcomm.2022.979475
2. Goyal S, Darshini KJ, Dinesh Sharma, Saraswathi Nashi, Faheem Arshad, Vandana VP, Suvarna Alladi. Adult‑onset Leukoencephalopathy with Axonal Spheroids and Pigmented Glia (ALSP) Masquerading Primary Progressive Aphasia. Annals of Indian Academy of Neurology. 2022 Jul; DOI: 10.4103/aian.aian_1077_21.
3. Vandana VP, Darshini KJ, Afsar M, Shukla D, Rajeswaran J. Getting Back to Work: Cognitive-Communicative for Work Re-Entry following Traumatic Brain Injury. Journal of Psychosocial Rehabilitation and Mental Health. 2022 June; https://doi.org/10.1007/s40737-022-00286-4.
4. Vandana VP, Darshini KJ, Sankaran BP. Audiological Findings in Children with PLA2G6-Associated Neurodegeneration. Journal of American Academy of Audiology. 2022 June; DOI: 10.1055/a-1877-2546
5. Paplikar, A., Varghese, F., Alladi, S., Vandana, V.P., Darshini, K.J., Iyer, G.K., ... ICMR Neuro Cognitive Tool Box Consortium. (2022) Picture-naming test for a linguistically diverse population with cognitive impairment and dementia. International Journal of Language & Communication Disorders, 1–14. https://doi.org/10.1111/1460-6984.1272
6. Arshad F, Paplikar A, Mekala S, Varghese F, Vandana VP, Darshini KJ, et al. Social Cognition Deficits Are Pervasive across Both Classical and Overlap Frontotemporal Dementia Syndromes. Dementia and Cognitive Disorders Extra. 2020 Nov; 10:115-126.
7. Afsar M, Darshini KJ, Shukla D,Vandana VP, Rajeswaran J. Neuropsychological and Linguistic Outcomes after a Gunshot injury to cerebellum: A Case Report. Indian Journal of Neurotrauma. April 2021, https://doi.org/ 10.1055/s-0041-1727294
8. Paplikar A, Vandana VP, Mekala S, Darshini KJ, Arshad F, Gowri K. Iyer et al. Semantic memory impairment in dementia: A cross-cultural adaptation study. Neurological Sciences. 2021 May 8. doi: 10.1007/s10072-021-05272-5.
9. Darshini KJ, Afsar M, Vandana VP, Shukla D, Rajeswaran J. The Triad of Language, Cognition and Communication following Traumatic Brain Injury: A Correlational Study. Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice.
10. Vandana VP, Darshini KJ, Vikram VH, Nitish K, Pramod Kumar Pal, Ravi Yadav.  Speech characteristics of Patients with Parkinson’s Disease-Does Dopaminergic Medications Have a Role? Journal of Neurosciences in Rural Practice.

Link to publications:
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Darshini+JK&cauthor_id=34737500
https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/?term=Darshini+KJ&cauthor_id=36211183