This $521,432 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders federal grant program (CFDA 93.173), supports the development of a new computational model of the human auditory subcortex. The model will integrate aspects of binaural processing and efferent gain control to investigate how these factors influence the perception of complex sounds, including speech intelligibility,...
This federal Project Grant award under CFDA 93.173 - Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders, awarded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), will fund a $477,660 research project to investigate age-related brain differences that affect speech recognition in noise for older adults. The research aims to characterize how slower evidence accumulation and more cautious decision criteria in older adults contribute to their poorer understanding...
This federal Project Grant award of $147,486 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) supports research to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying spatial auditory attention. The project will examine how magnified interaural level differences (ILDs) can improve sound source segregation and spatial selection in both normal-hearing listeners and bilateral...
This federal Project Grant award of $147,486.00 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) will support research to understand the neural mechanisms underlying recovery of sound localization abilities in mice after unilateral hearing loss. The principal investigator, based at Emory University, will use chronic electrophysiological recordings in the auditory cortex and...
This Project Grant award in the amount of $693,856 was provided by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173). The grant will fund research at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) to investigate the structure and function of coordinated neural activity in the auditory system of awake mice. The research will use high-density electrophysiology, optogenetics,...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), aims to advance understanding of brain mechanisms contributing to speech processing differences and related social communication difficulties in Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). The $200,000 award to Northwestern University will support a multi-level study using advanced encephalography (EEG)...
This $145,642 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), supports research to investigate the relationship between arousal state and the activity of distinct neuron subpopulations in the auditory cortex of mice. The research aims to characterize how arousal-dependent changes in layer 5 intratelencephalic (IT) and extratelencephalic (ET) neurons...
This Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (CFDA 93.173 - Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders) provides $610,725.00 to the University of Pittsburgh to investigate suprathreshold deficits in sensorineural hearing loss. The research program aims to characterize the effects of distorted tonotopicity and central plasticity on neural coding and perception of speech-in-noise, and develop personalized profiles to predict...
This federal Project Grant award for $193,750 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under CFDA Program 93.173 - Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders will fund research into the neural dynamics and circuits in the auditory cortex that enable implicit learning of complex sounds. The award to The Johns Hopkins University will support a 3-year investigation using two-photon calcium imaging and optogenetics in awake mice to identify...
This $208,750 federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under CFDA Program 93.173 "Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders", supports research investigating the role of the hippocampus in comprehending degraded speech. The project, titled "Role of Connectivity Between Hippocampus and Auditory Cortex in Adverse Listening Conditions", will use high-resolution 7-Tesla functional magnetic...
This Project Grant award of $303,136 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders (CFDA 93.173) program, aims to investigate how the human auditory cortex integrates speech information in the presence of background noise. The research project, entitled "The Impact of Noise on Temporal Integration of Speech in the Human Brain," will use scalp and intracranial electroencephalography (EEG) recordings to measure the flexibility of auditory cortical integration windows under noisy versus quiet conditions. This research will further the understanding of how the brain processes speech in real-world, challenging listening environments, which is critical for addressing speech perception deficits in various neurodevelopmental and attentional disorders. The award period runs from December 2, 2024 to December 31, 2027 and will help the principal investigator develop expertise in advanced EEG techniques, speech encoding models, and high-dimensional data analysis to facilitate their transition to an independent research career.