Dr. Karin Joubert is a Senior Lecturer in Audiology at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, South Africa.  She has a special research interest in the early detection and intervention of hearing impairment across the lifespan, humanitarian audiology, and community based rehabilitation and as a result established the Ndlovu Wits Audiology Clinic and Outreach Programme in rural Limpopo in 2014.

Her other research interests include epidemiology, health literacy and the development of contextually- and culturally relevant assessment- and patient education materials.  She is the author of several peer-reviewed publications. She supervises Masters and PhD students.