deafness in one ear due to a benign tumor removed in September 2020. The permanent hearing loss also left emotional scars, as Sankhya says she often feels depressed and isolated.“In a big crowd when everybody’s laughing at a joke, and you’ve not heard it, you feel frustration, anger and realize that sometimes your friends forget,” Jejurikar said.After her successful surgery, she decided to give back to the medical community by participating in the study.
Since Jejurikar works as a professional artist, the study was right up her alley. ADVERTISEMENT Jejurikar said this:For the study, Sengupta partnered with Claudia B.
Rebola, Ph.D., associate dean for research, associate professor, and director of the new Center for DAAP Research and Innovation (CDRI) on Health and Wellbeing.They’d previously collaborated on a music therapy app and began work on an art therapy app as well.
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