Dr Dhanashree Pillay

Head of Department (Audiology) / Senior Lecturer 
dhanashree.pillay@wits.ac.za
27 (11) 717 4564

Research & Teaching Interests:

• Diagnostic audiology
• Hearing amplification
• Music, healing and alternative practices

Prof Karin Joubert

Deputy Head of Department / Associate Professor
karin.joubert@wits.ac.za
27 (11) 717 4561

Research Interests

• Public Health Audiology
• Preventative Audiology
• Development of contextually relevant assessment tools, health information material and training programmes on ear- and hearing health care
• Epidemiological studies on otologic and hearing problems (especially in the rural areas of South Africa)
• Inclusion of audiological services as part of integrated health, child, and community care in South Africa
• Person-centered care

Aisha Casoojee

Lecturer 
aisha.casoojee@wits.ac.za
27 (11) 717 4579

Research Interests

• Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI)
• Diagnostic Audiology
• Electrophysiology 
• Auditory Verbal Therapy
• Communication Intervention Approaches
• Audiology in Linguistically and Culturally Diverse contexts

Prof. Victor De Andrade

Associate Professor
victor.deandrade@wits.ac.za
27 (11) 717 4570

Research & Teaching Interests

• Socio-cultural and contextual aspects of deafness
• Noise in learning environments
• The experience of deafness, including third-party disability, Deafness, disability, sexuality, professional matters, ethics and bioethics
• Research methodologies
• Gerontological audiology
• Vestibular audiology
• Assistive technologies

Prof. Amisha Kanji

Associate Professor
Amisha.Kanji@wits.ac.za
27 (11) 717 4551

Research Interests

• Early Detection of and Intervention for Hearing Loss
• Communication Interactions and Information Counselling in Audiology
• Paediatric Audiology

Prof. Katijah Khoza-Shangase

Full Professor
Katijah.Khoza-Shangase@wits.ac.za
27 (11) 717 4565

Research Interests

• Recent advances in early detection assessment measures across the lifespan (Early Hearing Detection and Intervention- EHDI; Occupational Noise-Induced Hearing loss -ONIHL; Ototoxicity, Vestibulotoxicity, etc.)
• Audiological monitoring: ototoxicity and/or vestibulotoxicity
• Audiological intervention within preventive care
• Barriers and/or facilitators to preventive audiology
• Contextual factors influencing implementation of preventive audiology
• Monitoring and evaluation factors in preventive audiology
• Policy and legislation in the implementation of preventive audiology strategies
• Preventive audiology in culturally and linguistically diverse contexts

Prof Nomfundo Moroe

Associate Professor
nomfundo.moroe@wits.ac.za
27 (11) 717 4501

Research Interests

• Research Methods
• Prevention of environmental and occupational noise
• Role of Audiologists in various sectors
• Prevention, identification and management of Deafblindness in Children
• Hearing children of Deaf parents

Nabeelah Nagdee

Associate Lecturer
nabeelah.nagdee@wits.ac.za
27 (11) 717 9214

Research & Teaching Interests

• Professional and work-related matters
• Ethics
• Teaching and learning in Audiology
• Diagnostic audiology (incl. Otoacoustic Emissions and Auditory Evoked Potentials)

Dr Liepollo Ntlhakana

Lecturer
liepollo.ntlhakana@wits.ac.za
27 (11) 7174581

Research Interests

• Prevention of occupational hearing loss
• Quantitative research
• Electrophysiological diagnostic tests

Luisa Petrocchi-Bartal 

Senior Clinical Tutor
luisa.petrocchi-bartal@wits.ac.za
27 (11) 717 4568

Research Interests

• Diagnostic Audiology
• Paediatric Audiology
• Occupational Audiology

Dr Ben Sebothoma

Lecturer
Ben.Sebothoma@wits.ac.za
27 (11) 717 4573

Research Interests

• Prevention, identification and management of middle ear pathologies
• Educational audiology

Ms Ziphezinhle Mpanza

Departmental Secretary
(Speech Therapy)
Ziphezinhle.Mpanza@wits.ac.za
27 (11) 717-4577

Ms Rudo Chiwutsi

Administrative Assistant 
(Audiology)
Rudo.chiwutsi@wits.ac.za
27 (11) 717-4491

Ms Nomvuselelo Nompondwana

Clinic Administrator
Nomvuselelo.Nompondwana@wits.ac.za
27 (11) 717-4567