Project Grant R21DC022643
- This federal Project Grant award of $662,162 was provided by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders (CFDA 93.173) program. The award supports research by Oregon Health & Science University to investigate binaural spectral and temporal integration in individuals with hearing loss and hearing devices. The research aims to better understand abnormal binaural fusion and its association with...
- This $647,518 Project Grant award, provided by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders (CFDA 93.173) program, supports research investigating the impact of cochlear synaptopathy on brainstem mechanisms of monaural temporal processing and binaural hearing. The study aims to understand the neural mechanisms and loci in the auditory system that produce listening difficulties, which can emerge...
- The University of Pittsburgh received a $610,725 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) under the federal Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) effective May 2, 2025 with a completion date of April 30, 2030. The project will characterize the physiological mechanisms contributing to "suprathreshold deficits" in sensorineural hearing loss, where individuals struggle to understand...
- 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), is funding the development of a deep learning-based speech enhancement algorithm to improve speech intelligibility for people with hearing loss in noisy environments. The $292,543 award to Omnispeech, LLC, with a performance period from September 1, 2025 to August 31, 2026, aims to create a...
- This federal Project Grant award of $583,125 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 understand the neural mechanisms underlying cochlear implant (CI) outcomes. The long-term goal is to develop CI stimulation strategies that optimize brain function and plasticity to improve speech comprehension for CI users. Key objectives include identifying...
- 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), provides $585,999.00 to the University of South Florida to conduct research on improving speech understanding for individuals with cochlear implants in the presence of background noise. The research aims to examine how spatial cues can support communication by exploring the interactions...
- This 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), provides $295,840 to The House Institute Foundation to conduct research on real-time speech processing in children with normal hearing and those using hearing aids. The study will use eye-tracking technology to examine the effects of background noise, such as speech-shaped noise and two-talker speech,...
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), awarded a $318,583 project grant to the Regents of the University of Michigan to conduct a longitudinal study on the relationship between social networks, daily interpersonal processes, and hearing aid use among older adults with hearing loss. The study aims to understand the factors that predict regular hearing aid use, as well...
- The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under its Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders federal grant program (CFDA 93.173), awarded a $292,694 project grant to Silicon Audio RF Circulator, LLC (doing business as Silicon Audio, LLC) to develop high signal-to-noise ratio miniature microphones for hearing assistive devices. The project, running from August 1, 2025 to July 31, 2026, aims to leverage advances in single-crystal lithium...
- This Project Grant award was made by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the federal Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders grant program (CFDA 93.173). The $147,486 award, made on June 11, 2025, supports research at Carnegie Mellon University to investigate the neural mechanisms underlying the benefit of interaural level difference (ILD) magnification for improving spatial auditory attention in bilateral cochlear implant users....
This Project Grant award of $567,771 from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the federal Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), supports research to measure the limits of tolerable delay in hearing technology. The project aims to better understand how much processing and transmission delay users can accept in advanced digital hearing devices like noise-reducing algorithms and wireless microphones. Researchers at the University of Illinois will conduct experiments with subjects engaged in spontaneous conversations using devices with variable delays to validate a new testing protocol and measure delay tolerance, especially in challenging acoustic environments. The findings will help inform the development of innovative, connected hearing systems that can dynamically adjust delay to optimize performance and improve quality of life for individuals with hearing loss.
Mod # | Description | ReasonForModification | Federal Obligation | Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Not listed | $567.8k | 9/17/25 |