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Faheema Mahomed-Asmail is a dually qualified Speech-Language Pathologist and Audiologist and serve as an Associate Professor at the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa. Her research is driven by a transdisciplinary approach, focusing on strengthening systems and skills to enhance the quality and accessibility of hearing healthcare, particularly in low- and middle-income settings. Her work centers on three key areas: improving the quality of hearing healthcare through person-centered care, fostering interprofessional collaboration to optimize service delivery, and leveraging innovative solutions to expand access to hearing services.
Prof Mahomed-Asmail has contributed extensively to the field with numerous publications in leading international and nationally accredited, peer-reviewed journals. Her research efforts are supported by prominent organizations, including the Andrew Mellon Foundation and the National Research Foundation (NRF), where she currently hold a Y1 rating. She is also a graduate of the Future Professors Programme, an initiative by the Department of Higher Education designed to cultivate academic leadership.
Publications
- Person centered care: preference, experience and predictors in speech-language pathology and audiology students
- Inclusion of Students with a Hearing Loss in the Classroom
- Community-based adult hearing care provided by community healthcare workers using mHealth technologies
- The Fourth Industrial Revolution – what does it mean to our future faculty?
- Smartphone hearing screening with integrated quality control and data management
- Documentation of Peripheral Auditory Function in Studies of the Auditory P300 Response: A Critical Review
- Community-based hearing screening for young children using an mHealth service-delivery model
- mHealth-Supported Hearing Health Training for Early Childhood Development Practitioners: An Intervention Study
- Hearing loss in preschool children from a low income South African community
- Sound-level Monitoring Earphones with Smartphone Feedback as an Intervention to Promote Healthy Listening Behaviors in Young Adults
- Hearing loss in urban South African school children (grade 1 to 3)
- Validation of the Brief International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) core set for hearing loss: an international multicentre study
- Supporting hearing health in vulnerable populations through community care workers using mHealth technologies
- Cochlear implantation in South Africa (part 2)
- Diagnostic hearing assessment in schools: Validity and time efficiency of automated audiometry
- Monitoring hearing in an infectious disease clinic with mhealth technologies
- Performance and Reliability of a Smartphone Digits-in-Noise Test in the Sound Field
- Referral criteria for school-based hearing screening in South Africa: Considerations for resource-limited contexts
- Audiologists’ Perceptions of Hearing Healthcare Resources and Services in South Africa’s Public Healthcare System
- Validity of automated threshold audiometry: A systematic review and meta-analysis
- Affordable headphones for accessible screening audiometry: An evaluation of the Sennheiser HD202 II supra-aural headphone
- Clinical Validity of hearScreen™ Smartphone Hearing Screening for School Children
- Automated smartphone threshold audiometry: Validity and time efficiency
- Cochlear implantation in South Africa (part 1)
- Perceptions of Telehealth Services for Hearing Loss in South Africa’s Public Healthcare System
- Knowledge and attitudes of early childhood development practitioners towards hearing health in poor communities
- Speech Recognition in Noise Using Binaural Diotic and Antiphasic Digits-in-Noise in Children: Maturation and Self-Test Validity
- Improving the Efficiency of the Digits-in-Noise Hearing Screening Test: A Comparison Between Four Different Test Procedures
- Satisfaction with hearing assessment feedback using the My Hearing Explained tool: client and audiologist perceptions
- Effect of visual feedback on classroom noise levels
- OPEN ACCESS GUIDE TO AUDIOLOGY AND HEARING AIDS FOR OTOLARYNGOLOGISTS
- mHealth Solutions in Hearing Care for Sub-Saharan Africa
- Speech recognition in noise using binaural diotic and antiphasic digits-in-noise in children: maturation and self-test validity
- m-Health Applications for Hearing Loss: A Scoping Review
- Remote Monitoring of Adult Cochlear Implant Recipients Using Digits-in-Noise Self-Testing
- In pursuit of best practice through contextually relevant, accountable and responsive research
- International Outcome Inventory for Hearing Aids (IOI-HA) translation into isiXhosa
- Characteristics and Help-Seeking Behavior of People Failing a Smart Device Self-Test for Hearing
- Mhealth hearing screening for children by non-specialist health workers in communities
- Open Access Guide to Audiology and Hearing Aids for Otolaryngologists: School-Age Hearing Screening
- Open Access Guide to Audiology and Hearing Aids for Otolaryngologists: Fitting Hearing Aids: Clinical and Practical Aspects
- Open Access Guide to Audiology and Hearing Aids for Otolaryngologists: Fitting Hearing Aids: Technical Aspects
- Person-centered care: preferences and predictors in speech-language pathology and audiology practitioners
- Mobile Health Hearing Aid Acclimatization and Support Program in Low-Income Communities: Feasibility Study
- Mobile Health Hearing Aid Acclimatization and Support Program in Low-Income Communities: Feasibility Study (Preprint)
- Factors Associated With Hearing Aid Outcomes Including Social Networks, Self-Reported Mental Health, and Service Delivery Models
- Factors influencing hearing aid use, benefit and satisfaction in adults: a systematic review of the past decade
- Context-specific advancements in service delivery for communication disorders in South Africa
- Enhancing audiology students’ understanding of person-centered care: insights from an multi-national virtual student conference
- Consumer Perspectives on Improving Hearing Aids: A Qualitative Study
- Hearing aid verification: Practices and perceptions of South African audiologists