The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded a $295,770 Project Grant under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to Intelligent Hearing Systems Corp, a small business manufacturer in Miami, Florida. The grant will support the development of a commercial device for acquiring electrically evoked auditory brainstem responses (EEABR) using direct promontory stimulation. This innovative device aims to improve the...
This $295,825 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Aging's Aging Research Federal Grant Program (CFDA 93.866) will fund the development of a machine learning-based smartphone software system to enhance speech and reduce background noise for over-the-counter hearing aid devices. The project aims to improve the accessibility, affordability, and acceptance of hearing aids, particularly for underserved rural and minority populations who face significant barriers to accessing...
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 $673,350 to Xyken, LLC to develop an accessible, low-cost, and customized hearing aid manufacturing system. The solution leverages smartphone-based 3D ear imaging, automated shell generation, and 3D printing with modular electronic integration to reduce the cost and improve the fit and...
This $313,372 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 focused on developing a commercial software application to enhance speech intelligibility for hearing-impaired individuals in noisy environments. The project aims to implement state-of-the-art neural networks on the Apple iPhone platform to perform real-time noise reduction and speech...
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 develop an automated analytical technique to better identify sensory and neural pathologies contributing to hearing loss. The $186,199 award to Utah State University will automate the adjustment process of an existing technique that extracts more features from early auditory evoked...
This $377,700 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the Federal Grant Program "Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders" (CFDA 93.173), aims to develop and validate a clinical decision support tool to improve risk stratification and prognosis for cochlear implant (CI) speech perception performance. The key objectives are to: (1) integrate novel biomarkers, including electrocochleography (ECoG) and...
This Project Grant award, 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), supports the development of computational models to replicate human auditory abilities and facilitate improved prosthetic devices and therapeutic interventions for hearing impairment and related communication disorders. The $417,741 award to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT)...
This $306,073 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) supports the development of a navigation-based cochlear implant insertion system by Iotamotion, Inc. The goal is to optimize the trajectory of cochlear implant electrode array insertion to improve short and long-term hearing outcomes for patients by minimizing damage to delicate inner...
This federal Project Grant award of $275,371 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 the development of an extracochlear device to restore hearing for patients with sensorineural hearing loss. The grantee, Auricle Health Inc., is building a minimally invasive and reversible implant that uses cochlear nerve stimulation to restore high-frequency hearing...
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded a $713,170 Project Grant under the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173) to The Leland Stanford Junior University. This grant will fund the development and validation of a multimodality micro-optical coherence tomography (MM-MOCT) imaging technology to visualize the cellular microstructure and metabolic activity of the human cochlea. The goal is to create a minimally...