Dr Eldré Beukes

Dr Eldré Beukes is a researcher, senior lecturer, and a clinical scientist in audiology. She has expertise in auditory pathologies and research interests in digital therapeutics and improving outcomes for people with hearing and vision impairments or dual sensory loss.

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Background

Dr Eldre Beukes is an Associate Professor in Audiology. Her research involves improving outcomes for people with hearing-related difficulties by developing accessible and evidence-based care models and furthering understanding of these difficulties.

She is involved in various international research collaborations, has published over 100 peer review publications and leads for the Sensory and Mental Health Research Group in the Research Centre for Better Living and lead researcher for the Virtual Hearing Lab.

As course leader for the Foundation Degree and Higher Apprenticeship in Hearing Aid Audiology she has varied experience providing education at various levels and supervises PhD students.

She is a clinical scientist in Audiology and was awarded the Richard May prize following her training. She has worked in a range of NHS trusts and currently an audio-vestibular specialist working in the private sector.

Spoken Languages

• English
• Afrikaans

Research interests

• Internet interventions
• Digital therapeutics
• Accessible hearing healthcare delivery (eHealth/telehealth/internet interventions)
• Tinnitus
• Hearing loss and audio-vestibular related difficulties
• Sensory difficulties (vision, deafblindness)

Areas of research supervision

Supervision of areas of dual sensory loss, tinnitus, digital therapeutics, and auditory-related difficulties. Supervision has included:

• Raising academic and social success for deafblind children
• Addressing wellbeing for individuals with vision impairment
• Improving distance perception using headphones
• Developing tools for diagnosis of inner speech ability in post-stroke aphasia

Teaching

• FdSc Hearing Aid Audiology
• BSc (Hons) Hearing Sciences (Top-Up)
• Guest speaker, Tinnitus and Hyperacusis Masters Course, University College London

Qualifications

• PhD: An internet-based intervention for tinnitus, ARU
• MSc in Audiology, University of Manchester
• MA in Education, ARU
• Honours in Speech Pathology and Audiology, University of Stellenbosch, South Africa
• Certificate of Audiology Competence, British Academy of Audiology
• British Sign Language Level 1, Cambridge Regional College
• Hearing aid aptitude test, Aston University, Birmingham
• Associate Teaching Fellowship, ARU

Memberships, editorial boards

• Editor for Frontiers and Brain Sciences
• Editor for ENT and Audiology News for the Tinnitus Section
• Trustee for Deafblind UK
• Senior Fellow of the British Society of Audiology
• Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy
• Member of the work-based learning subgroup for the British Academy of Audiology
• HCPC-registered Clinical Scientist
• HCPC-registered Hearing Aid Dispenser

Research grants, consultancy, knowledge exchange

Awards

• Shapiro prize from the British Tinnitus Association for her research three years in concession between 2017 -2019
• Hallpike Research Prize in 2019 for her work on the development and running of clinical trials to assess the effectiveness of Internet-based interventions.

Funding

• British Society of Audiology Research grant
• PhD matched funding grant from DBUK

External contributions

Trustee for Deafblind UK

Selected recent publications

Books

Beukes, E., Andersson, G., Manchaiah, V. and Kaldo, V. (2021) Cognitive behavioral therapy for tinnitus. Plymouth: Plural Publishing Inc.

Manchaiah, V., Beukes, E. and Roeser, R. J. (2021) Evaluating and conducting research in audiology. Plymouth: Plural Publishing Inc.

Manchaiah, V., Hall JW, Beukes E, Swanepoel DW. (2023). Teleaudiology Today: Remote Assessment and Management of Hearing Loss.

Selected peer-reviewed publications

Beukes, E.W., Andersson, G., Manchaiah V. Long-term Outcomes of Internet-Based Cognitive Behaviour Therapy for Tinnitus: A 6 year follow-up longitudinal study. Jama Otolaryngology- Head and Neck Surgery

Avierinos, R. J., Beukes, E., Manchaiah, V., Oosthuizen, I., le Roux, T., & Swanepoel, D. W. (2025). Meaningful life changes following hearing aid use: a qualitative user perspective. International Journal of Audiology, 64(5), 471-480.

Wilkins, L., Benallal, N., Allen, P. M., Beukes, E., & Healy, L. C. (2025). Expectations and disadvantages: a case study approach exploring the mental health challenges of elite, student-athlete women. International Journal of Sport and Exercise Psychology, 23(7), 1326-1347.

Cumming, J., Manchaiah, V., Mahomed-Asmail, F., Beukes, E. W., & Swanepoel, D. W. (2025). Understanding Hearing Aid Use and Nonuse of Adult Hearing Aid Recipients: A Qualitative Content Analysis. Journal of the American Academy of Audiology.

Manchaiah, V., Andersson, G., Beukes, E. W., Fagelson, M. A., Swanepoel, D. W., & Maidment, D. (2025). Changes in Perceived Tinnitus Sound Qualities Following Internet-Based Cognitive Behavioral Therapy for Tinnitus. Clinics and Practice, 15(4), 69.

Manford, C., Allen, P. M., Beukes, E., & Rajasingam, S. (2025). Amplifying their voices: developing participatory research approaches with deafblind children and young people. Educational Action Research, 33(1), 115-121.

Beukes, E. W., Baguley, D. M., Allen, P. M., Manchaiah, V., & Andersson, G. (2018). Audiologist-guided internet-based cognitive behavior therapy for adults with tinnitus in the United Kingdom: a randomized controlled trial.

Beukes, E. W., Andersson, G., Allen, P. M., Manchaiah, V., & Baguley, D. M. (2018). Effectiveness of guided internet-based cognitive behavioral therapy vs face-to-face clinical care for treatment of tinnitus: a randomized clinical trial. JAMA Otolaryngology–Head & Neck Surgery, 144(12), 1126-1133.

Beukes, E. W., Manchaiah, V., Allen, P. M., Baguley, D. M., & Andersson, G. (2019). Internet-based interventions for adults with hearing loss, tinnitus, and vestibular disorders: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Trends in hearing, 23, 2331216519851749.

Beukes, E. W., Manchaiah, V., Allen, P. M., Andersson, G., & Baguley, D. M. (2021). Exploring tinnitus heterogeneity. Progress in brain research, 260, 79-99.

Beukes, E., Ulep, A. J., Eubank, T., & Manchaiah, V. (2021). The impact of COVID-19 and the pandemic on tinnitus: a systematic review. Journal of clinical medicine, 10(13), 2763.

Recent presentations and conferences

Conference presentations: 2022

BTA conference, 2022: Tinnitus subgroups.

BTA conference, 2021: The effects of tinnitus on significant others.

ISHACON- Indian conference, 2022: Remote tinnitus interventions.

AAA poster presentation, 2022: COVID19 and the auditory system.

Poster presentation, 2022: Shedding light on SARS-CoV2 and audiovestibular symptoms.

Media experience

YouTube: HRF talks, tinnitus, hearing loss, and COVID-19.

Various radio interviews including Radio Sputnik, BBC Essex.

Various podcasts including That Tinnitus Podcast (British Tinnitus Association podcast).

Various media articles including The Guardian, New York Times, The Observer, Huffington Post, Forbes, MedicineNet, US News, NBC News, The Conversation.