Vera-Genevey Hlayisi
Qualifications
BSc Aud (2012)
MSc Aud (2017)
Phd Aud (Candidate)
Introduction
V. Hlayisi is a multiple award-winning clinician, lecturer and health researcher in her field. She is a healthcare leader serving in executive boards of the South African Association of Audiologists as well as the Western Cape Department of Health Facilities Board for the Groote Schuur Hospital. Vera is passionate about youth empowerment to increase transformation and development in South Africa and Africa as a whole, to this end she is also a director at an NGO Little Big Ideas.
Teaching area
Audiological Rehabilitation for pediatric and adult populations
Research interests
Audiological Rehabilitation; Person-Centered Care; Tele-Audiology; Public health Audiology; Hearing health education
Professional memberships
South African Association of Audiologists, Person-Centred Hearing Network
Publications
Hlayisi, V & Ramma, L. (2019). Rehabilitation for disabling hearing loss: evaluating the need relative to provision of hearing aids in the public health care system. Disability and Rehabilitation, DOI: 10.1080/09638288.2018.1473507
Hlayisi, V, Petersen, L & Ramma, L. (2019). High prevalence of disabling hearing loss in young to middle-aged adults with diabetes. Journal of Diabetes in Developing Countries, DOI: 10.1007/s13410-018-0655-9
Hlayisi, V, Rogers, C & Ramma, L. (2019). High risk of falls in young to middle-aged adults (20–55 years) with diabetes. South African Journal of Diabetes and Vascular Disease, 16 (2), 48-52.