Shivaswamy, Jyothi https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6132-8665
Barman, Animesh https://orcid.org/0000-0001-8158-7584
Maruthy, Santosh https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4621-0316
Article History
Received: 9 July 2024
Accepted: 28 March 2025
First Online: 21 April 2025
Declarations
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: The study and the participant recruitment were approved by the Institutional Ethics Committee and the Institutional Review Board (IRB) for biobehavioral research at the All India Institute of Speech and Hearing, an autonomous institution under the Ministry of Family and Health Welfare, Government of India. Written informed consent was obtained from all the adult participants of this study. As the study included participants under 16 years of age, written informed consent was obtained from their parents or legal guardians.
: Written informed consent for the publication of anonymized demographic details, including age, gender, and diagnostic status, was obtained from all adult participants involved in this study. For participants under the age of 16, consent for publication was obtained from their parents or legal guardians. A copy of the consent form is available from the corresponding author upon request.
: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.