Dr Seema Panday is a qualified Speech Therapist and Audiologist. She has a Doctor of Philosophy (Audiology) from the University of Cape Town and a Master’s in Communication Pathology (Audiology) from the University of KwaZulu-Natal. She is employed as a lecturer at the University of KwaZulu-Natal (Discipline of Audiology). She also served as the Acting Academic Leader for the Discipline of Audiology from 2017 till January 2021. She is currently teaching in the areas of Occupational Audiology and Paediatric Audiology. She supervises undergraduate and post-graduate research in the Discipline. Her research interests are in Occupational Audiology, Recreational Noise, effects of chemicals on hearing, development and validation of speech audiometry test materials for African indigenous languages, and Audiology test materials for the local context. She has published in the South African Journal of Communication Disorders, The Family practice Journal, Annals of Otolaryngology and South African Journal of Child Health. She is a reviewer of the South African Journal of Communication Disorders and has served as an external examiner for three other Universities in South Africa. She served as the College of Health Sciences representative on the University Language Board from 2016- 2017. She also served on the HPCSA accreditation panel for the review of 3 other Audiology programmes in South Africa in 2018, 2022, and 2023.
Research Interests
Development and Validation of Speech Audiometry and Audiology Test materials for the local context.
Effects of occupational, recreational noise exposure and chemical toxicity on the auditory system, Paediatric Audiology; Online learning methods in Health Sciences.
List of Publications
Mahomed, H., & Panday, S. (2024). Awareness, attitudes and perceptions of students towards leisure noise in Durban, South Africa. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 71(1), a1040. https://doi. org/10.4102/sajcd. v71i1.1040
Ismail, S & Panday, S (2022). An analytical investigation into noise levels in public health sector neonatal intensive care units in the eThekwini District. South African Journal of Child Health, 17(4), 190-194 https://doi.org/10.7196/SAJCH.2023.v17i3.1994
Panday, S., Kathard, H., & Wilson, W.J. (2020). The validity of an isiZulu speech reception threshold test for use with adult isiZulu speakers. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 67(1),a690.https://doi.org/10.4102/sajcd.v67i1.690
Reddy, T., Panday, S & Govender, CD. (2019). The feasibility of including Distortion Product Otoacoustic Emissions (DPOAEs) in annual medical surveillance to identify noise-induced hearing loss. Annals of Otolaryngology.
Panday, S., Kathard, H., Pillay, M., & Wilson, W. (2018). First-language raters’ opinions when validating word recordings for a newly developed speech reception threshold test. South African Journal of Communication Disorders 65(1), a555. https://doi.org/10.4102/ sajcd.v65i1.55
Panday, S., Kathard, H., Pillay, M., & Wilson, W. (2018). The internal and external consistency of a speech reception threshold test for isiZulu speakers with normal hearing sensitivity. South African Journal of Communication Disorders 65(1), a556. https://doi.org/ 10.4102/sajcd.v65i1.556
Pillay, D, Archary, K & Pandav. S (2011). The effect of aircraft noise on families who live proximal to an airport. A Preliminary study. South African Family Practice Journal.
Pandav.S. Kathard, H, Pillay, M., Govender, C (2009) The homogeneity of audibility and prosody of Zulu for Speech Reception threshold (SRT) testing. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, 56, 60-75
Pandav. S. Kathard, H, Pillay, M, Govender C (2007) The Development of a Zulu SRT word list for Zulu First language Speakers in Kwa Zulu-Natal. South African Journal of Communication Disorders, Vol 54.
