Vinaya Manchaiah serves as the Professor of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery at the University of Colorado School of Medicine and as the Director of Audiology at the University of Colorado Hospital (UCHealth). He is the Principal Investigator at the Virtual Hearing Lab. He also has a position as an Extraordinary Professor at the Department of Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology, University of Pretoria, South Africa, and an Adjunct Professor at the School of Allied Health Sciences, Manipal Academy of Higher Education, India. He has worked in various clinical, research, teaching, and administrative roles, although his current academic appointment centers predominantly on research and research leadership. His research mainly focuses on improving the accessibility, affordability, and outcomes of hearing and balance disorders by promoting self-management and using digital technologies.