We care.We are reliable.We can makea difference.

Shaba Speech & Hearing Centre was founded in 1995. 31 years on, the promise is the same one written on the wall when it opened.

Beginning

A South Mumbai practice with a long view.

Shaba was founded by Dr. Fatema Jagmaag, an audiologist and speech pathologist and first ranker of BYL Nair Charitable Hospital, who has practised in South Mumbai for more than three decades.

The centre has its own fully equipped sound-proof audio room — the base from which children’s hearing is monitored over years. Shaba also coordinates repairs, batteries and accessories for hearing aids and cochlear implants, so families have one place to turn.

A clinician talks a parent through results on a laptop during a session at Shaba
A counselling session at Shaba
A clinician and a young boy smile at each other across the consultation desk
A consultation with a young patient

How children grow here

Five areas, keptin balance.

Every child is supported across all five — developed in a fun-filled environment rather than drilled in isolation.
  1. Listening skills
  2. Language skills
  3. Emotional development
  4. Social skills
  5. Cognitive skills

Values

Five letters,five commitments.

  1. Satisfying needs

    Satisfying the needs of children and parents.

  2. Honesty

    Honesty and transparency in every service, offered in a happy, warm environment.

  3. All hands

    Always pooling other services and working as a team.

  4. Befriending families

    Befriending and partnering with families.

  5. Always trustworthy

    Always being trustworthy and respectful to people.

Vision

To be a centre of excellence, and to maximise the hearing and speech potential of children and adults — along with their overall development.

Mission

  1. To enable the development of speech and language in all phases of growth.
  2. To provide professional-quality hearing healthcare, irrespective of age.
  3. To support families in the mainstreaming of their children in society.
  4. To ensure the optimal functioning of hearing aids, cochlear implants, BAHA and FM systems.

Recognition

A licensed facility

Shaba Speech & Hearing Centre holds an FDA licence for its facility.

View the licence (PDF)

Community work

Shaba works with V Connect Foundation, a United Way Mumbai partner. Dr. Jagmaag recorded an address for World Hearing Day 2021 — “Hearing care for all” — with the foundation.

V Connect Foundation

See the centre

Rooms, sessions and families, from Shaba’s own photographs.

Life at Shaba