Project Grant R01DC023897
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders awarded The Johns Hopkins University $654,879 on July 17, 2026, under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to investigate cortical representations of electrical stimulation in cochlear implant recipients. The research elucidates fundamental neural coding and plasticity mechanisms responsible for cortical processing of cochlear implant signals. The project employs optical imaging and...
- Federal Project Grant Award Summary The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded The Ohio State University a $433,084 project grant (CFDA 93.173: Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders) effective September 15, 2025, through August 31, 2027. This award supports research investigating the susceptibility of speech to noise across different frequency regions. The research challenges a long-standing assumption in auditory science that noise...
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders awarded the University of Wisconsin - Madison $1,166,250 on September 16, 2025, under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to investigate cortical population coding and network effects of cochlear implant stimulation during behavioral tasks. The research addresses gaps in understanding why cochlear implant outcomes vary significantly among users, despite over one million people...
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), part of the National Institutes of Health, awarded The Washington University $557,999 on September 1, 2026, under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173). The award funds investigation of how inner hair cells in the cochlea encode sound frequency and intensity across a wide dynamic range. The research employs in vivo two-photon cochlear imaging integrated with single-cell...
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders awarded The Ohio State University $415,248 on April 1, 2026, under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to establish the Buckeye Otolaryngology Surgeon-Scientist Training (BOOST) program. The program addresses the bench-to-bedside translation gap in otolaryngology through three integrated objectives: recruitment of medical students and otolaryngology residents with strong...
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders awarded Northeast Ohio Medical University $132,486 on August 1, 2026, under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173). The award funds investigation of inhibitory nuclei within the trapezoid body and their roles in sound localization, addressing deficits in spatial hearing that commonly accompany age-related hearing loss and neurodevelopmental disorders. The project integrates...
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders awarded the University of California Irvine $530,902 on July 2, 2026, under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to investigate cochlear-implant pitch perception enhanced by a penetrating auditory-nerve electrode. The project develops and tests a hybrid auditory prosthesis called the "CI+1," which combines a conventional cochlear implant with a single-channel intraneural...
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders awarded the University of Pittsburgh $664,448 on September 1, 2026, under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173). The award funds investigation of how heterogeneous neural responses in auditory cortex and secondary motor cortex contribute to auditory learning and perception. The project combines large-scale neural recordings with optogenetic manipulations to examine how local auditory...
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders awarded Oregon Health & Science University $645,488 on July 27, 2026, under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to characterize how the auditory cortex processes speech and natural sounds in noisy, dynamic acoustic environments. The research addresses the clinical problem that listeners with hearing loss struggle to understand speech in complex noise despite hearing aids and...
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders awarded The Johns Hopkins University $194,270 on May 11, 2026, under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to investigate the development of auditory thalamocortical circuits and how they are altered in cases of congenital deafness. The project will establish a foundational understanding of how the thalamus and auditory cortex develop and mature through sensory experience, with...
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders awarded The Ohio State University $664,740 on August 15, 2026, under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to investigate neural encoding and auditory perception in cochlear implant users. The research addresses two unresolved issues in cochlear implantation: substantial variation in clinical outcomes among implant users and widespread difficulty understanding speech in complex listening environments. The award funds development of a noninvasive method to quantify neural synchrony in the electrically stimulated cochlear nerve and investigation of how that synchrony affects peripheral and cortical representation of electrical stimulation and auditory perception. The work also explores whether optimizing programming rates based on the speed of recovery from neural adaptation of the cochlear nerve can improve individual patients' speech perception outcomes. Performance occurs in Grandview, Ohio. The period of performance runs through June 30, 2031. This is a project grant, a standard assistance type supporting biomedical research and development at universities and research institutions across allowable direct costs including salaries, equipment, supplies, and travel, as well as indirect costs.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $664.7k | 8/12/26 |