​​​​​​​Staff

Mrs Gouwa Dawood
Head of Division
Tel: +27-21-938 9526
E-mail: gouwa@sun.ac.za
Field of teaching:  Audiology for the Speech-Language Therapist; Aural Rehabilitation
Research focus: Paediatric HIV/AIDS; Hearing Impairment; (Central) Auditory Processing​

 

Prof Daleen Klop
 Senior Lecturer
Tel:  +27-21-938 9525
Fax: +27-21-938 9737
E-mail: dk@sun.ac.za 
Field of teaching: Stuttering and speech fluency disorders; Language and literacy development and disorders
                                         Research focus: Stuttering; Early literacy development; Narrative and discourse development

Dr Berna Gerber
Coordinator: Postgraduate Programme
Senior Lecturer
Tel: +27-21-938-9741 
E-mail: berna@sun.ac.za
Field of teaching: Biomedical ethics, health promotion and prevention, disability studies
Research focus: Early communication intervention; Health professions education; Health humanities


 

Ms Corneli Strydom
Lecturer
Coordinator: Clinical Programme
Tel: +27-21-938 9586
Fax: +27-21-938 9737
E-mail: corneli@sun.ac.za
Field of teaching: Paediatric dysphagia, neurogenic speech disorders, augmentative and alternative communication (AAC), early childhood communication intervention
Research focus: AAC, paediatric feeding problems and dysphagia​

Ms Helena Oosthuizen
Lecturer
Tel: +27-21-938 9494
E-mail: oosthe@sun.ac.za
Field of teaching: Language development and disability
Research focus: Language impairment in a multilingual society; Assessment of developmental language impairment​

Mrs Monique Visser
Lecturer
Tel:  +27-21-938 9494
E-mail:  mputter@sun.ac.za
Field of teaching: Articulation and Phonological Disorders, Language Development and Disorders
Research focus: Language and Literacy; Health Professions Education​

Mrs Faeza Bardien
Coordinator: Undergraduate Programme
Lecturer
Tel: +27-21-938 9099
E-mail: faeza@sun.ac.za
Field of teaching:  Speech and Hearing Science, Acquired neurogenic language disorders
Research focus: Acquired neurogenic communication disorders, Inter-professional education

Mrs Alida de Beer
Lecturer
Tel:  +27-21-938 9494
E-mail:  aellis@sun.ac.za
Field of Teaching:  Craniofacial Disorders; Voice Disorders; Adult Dysphagia and Research
Resea​rch Focus:  Dysphagia; Adult Neuro, Craniofacial Disorders; Epidemiology​

Mrs Faheema Losper 
Secretary 
Tel: +27-21-938-9494
Fax: +27-21-932-0805
Email: faheema@sun.ac.za