Project Grant R43DC016780

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), through its Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), awarded a $306,311 project grant to AO Technologies, LLC on July 10, 2025 to develop a high-performance, reduced-cost optical coherence tomography (OCT) otoscope. This device aims to provide improved three-dimensional imaging and diagnostic capabilities for examining the tympanic membrane and middle ear, which has seen little...

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded the University of Southern California (USC) a $456,500 Project Grant (CFDA 93.173) to develop a novel diagnostic test for sensory hearing loss. The "Gain-Sensitive Cochlear Microphonics" (GCM) test aims to assess the functional state and site of damage within the cochlear amplifier, which is crucial for hearing sensitivity and range. The proposed research will validate the GCM test in mice by comparing...

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 $306,073 to Iotamotion, Inc. to develop a navigation-based cochlear implant insertion system that optimizes trajectory and enables slow, consistent electrode array insertions. The goal is to improve short and long-term hearing outcomes for cochlear implant patients by enhancing structural preservation of the...

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) awarded a $186,199 Project Grant (CFDA 93.173 - Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders) to Utah State University (USU) to develop an automated analytical technique to evaluate early auditory evoked potential morphology. The goal is to create a user-friendly tool that can automatically analyze auditory evoked potential responses and identify sensory and neural pathologies that contribute to hearing...

The U.S. Department of Education's Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services awarded a $249,961 Project Grant to The Washington University's Office of Sponsored Research Services under the Special Education - Personnel Development to Improve Services and Results for Children with Disabilities program (CFDA 84.325). This 12-month grant, titled "PROJECT HEAR: HELPING CHILDREN ACCESS EARLY-INTERVENTION AUDIOLOGY RESOURCES: TRAINING OF SPECIALIZED PEDIATRIC AUDIOLOGISTS (FOCUS...

This 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), is providing $306,872 to Iotamotion, Inc. to develop a novel electromagnetic tracking technology for cochlear implant surgery. The project aims to create a working prototype of an electromagnetic tracking system (EMOTO) that can be integrated into Iotamotion's robotic-assist cochlear implant...

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 $275,737 to Rewire Neuroscience LLC to develop and validate a machine learning platform for predicting the ototoxic potential of pharmaceutical compounds. The key objectives are to: 1) optimize and apply an innovative machine learning model that can categorize drugs as ototoxic or...

This five-year, $734,582 Project Grant from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders will fund research at Lehigh University to investigate the developmental determination of central auditory physiology by the inner ear. The grant is part of the Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program. Specifically, the university will develop a model of repatterned frequency representation in the chick inner ear by overexpressing the bone morphogenetic...

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 $589,483 to Wayne State University to assess in vivo changes in central neuronal activation, molecular indicators of synaptic transmission, and motor function in response to vestibular nerve hypofunction generated by noise exposure. The project aims to evaluate the contributions of...

This $489,500 Project Grant was awarded by the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the federal Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders program (CFDA 93.173), to The General Hospital Corporation (doing business as Massachusetts General Hospital) to explore the use of antimicrobial blue light for the treatment of otitis media (OM), the most common pediatric infection. The key objectives of this 2-year project are to: 1) investigate the...