Project Grant R01DC022584
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Northwestern University's Sponsored Research Division received a $284,531 Project Grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), effective September 1, 2026 through August 31, 2027. The award funds research translating laboratory findings on individualized hearing aid signal processing into clinical practice. The research will...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Duke University's Office of Research Administration received a $547,650 Project Grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), effective July 2, 2026, through June 30, 2031. The award funds research to define and model discourse-level language use impairments in right hemisphere stroke (RHD) survivors, a population representing...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders awarded a $350,000 Project Grant to The Medical University of South Carolina on July 10, 2026, under the Biomedical Research and Research Training program (CFDA 93.859) to support a five-year research initiative examining brain plasticity in aging adults with hearing loss through June 30, 2031. The project investigates how the aging brain adapts to age-related hearing loss (HL) by examining...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded $567,771 to the University of Illinois on September 17, 2025, to conduct research examining the perceptual effects of processing and transmission delay in hearing assistive technology. The project, which extends through August 31, 2028, will deliver empirical research findings on tolerable delay limits for digital hearing devices through a series of controlled experiments in...
- Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded the University of Michigan a Project Grant of $804,674 on August 5, 2025, under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to conduct a longitudinal observational study examining the relationship between social networks, daily interpersonal processes, and hearing aid use among older adults with hearing loss. The research will deliver scientific...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Northwestern University received a $691,500 Project Grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), effective July 10, 2026, with a completion date of April 30, 2031. The grant supports development and evaluation of a comprehensive online educational program titled "ASSESS CHOOSE EDUCATE AND LEARN (ACEL): A Program for Improved...
- Federal Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded a $244,740 Project Grant to the University of California, San Diego on September 30, 2026, under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173). The project, titled "Multidimensional Analysis of Cochlear Pathology in Sensorineural Hearing Loss," will be performed through June 30, 2029, and focuses on developing artificial...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary Creighton University received a $161,405 Project Grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), effective July 1, 2026, through June 30, 2029. The award funds research investigating how noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL) alters the auditory efferent system, specifically lateral olivocochlear (LOC) neurons that provide brain-to-ear...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded a $464,646 Project Grant to Washington University on July 15, 2026, under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173). The research project, titled "Cortical Mechanisms Underlying Hearing Deficits in Noisy Backgrounds After Noise Trauma," addresses noise-induced hearing loss (NIHL), a major public health problem affecting over...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded the University of South Florida a Project Grant totaling $585,999 under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) on August 6, 2025, with a completion date of July 31, 2030. This research initiative, titled "How Spatial Cues Support Communication: Interactions Between Auditory Spatial Features and Task Demands Across Cortical...
Duke University's Office of Research Administration received a $707,920 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), effective July 10, 2026, with completion scheduled for April 30, 2031. The research initiative addresses functional hearing difficulties (FHD)—a condition affecting millions of adults who experience hearing difficulty in challenging listening environments despite presenting with clinically normal hearing thresholds on standard audiological examinations. This underserved population currently lacks appropriate audiologic care and treatment options despite demonstrating help-seeking behavior. The project delivers a rigorous single-blinded, 2×2 factorial randomized crossover controlled trial involving 100 participants across two sites to evaluate whether low-gain, clinician-fitted hearing aids provide measurable benefit for adults with FHD and to identify which hearing aid features drive clinical outcomes. Participants will be randomly assigned to either open-fit or closed-fit hearing aid configurations and will complete sequential 4-week treatment trials comparing signal-to-noise neutral versus signal-to-noise enhancement processing approaches, separated by 4-week washout periods. Comprehensive outcome assessments conducted at the end of each treatment arm will generate evidence-based findings to inform improved hearing healthcare delivery and audiologic management protocols for this neglected patient population.Federal Project Grant Award Summary
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $707.9k | 7/14/26 |