Ms. Deepthy Baby is a Speech Therapist at Medcare Medical Centre. She completed her BSc in Audiology Speech Language Pathology, and Master’s degree in Speech Language Pathology from the Dr. S. R. Chandrasekhar Institute of Speech and Hearing, Bangalore University, India. She is a member of the Rehabilitation Council of India (R.C.I.), and a Lifetime member of the Indian Speech and Hearing Association (ISHA).

Ms. Baby started her career as a Senior Speech Language Pathologist with The Com -Deall Trust in Bangalore, India. Subsequently, she moved to the UAE, to join the Advanced Behavioural Learning Environment (ABLE UK) in Dubai as a Speech Therapist. She garnered invaluable experience in making tailored programmes to enhance the communication abilities of children with special needs. Later, she worked as a Speech Therapist/Speech and Language Pathologist with the Widad Centre for Disability and Child Development in Dubai.

Ms. Baby’s expertise covers the comprehensive assessment and diagnosis of speech and language disorders in both paediatric and adult populations. As a compassionate Speech therapist, she listens, understands and clearly communicates with both parents and caregivers. She provides training to support skill generalisation at home and in daily routines, and early intervention services for children with communication delays. She develops individualised education plans (IEP) and monitors ongoing progress. The repertoire of conditions treated by her includes speech and language delays, stuttering and voice disorders, social communication difficulties (including autism), feeding problems, communication challenges from neurological conditions, speech sound disorders, including articulation, phonological disorders, and apraxia of speech. She is proficient in fluency therapy for stuttering and related disorders, voice therapy, and feeding and oral-motor therapy, including sensory-motor feeding approaches.
She is an expert in Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) systems: Proloquo2Go, TD Snap, Touch Chat, and PECS and has developed specialised interventions for Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD), ADHD, Down Syndrome, Cerebral Palsy, and Global Developmental Delay.

During her leisure hours, she enjoys listening to music, cooking different cuisines and travelling to explore new cultures. She speaks English and Malayalam.