Project Grant R43DC018760

Federal Grant Award Summary Restorear Devices LLC received a $307,962 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), awarded June 17, 2025, with completion targeted for June 30, 2026. The project develops and tests a non-invasive, non-pharmaceutical therapeutic intervention for tinnitus management using mild therapeutic hypothermia (MTH) delivered via the...

Cooler Heads Care, Inc. was awarded a $632,981.28 Project Grant from the National Cancer Institute's Cancer Cause and Prevention Research program (CFDA 93.393) to develop a portable, patient-administered scalp cooling device and smartphone application. The goal is to reduce barriers to scalp cooling access for chemotherapy patients experiencing hair loss. Cooler Heads will develop training materials and conduct usability testing to demonstrate patients can self-administer the scalp cooling...

This $369,806 Project Grant from the National Institutes of Health's National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders will fund research into objective screening tests for noise-induced hearing damage. The University of Wisconsin-Madison will investigate short- and long-term changes in cochlear, afferent, and efferent auditory system function due to noise exposure using otoacoustic emission-based assays of the middle ear muscle reflex and medial olivocochlear reflex....

This $1.42M Project Grant award from the Defense Health Agency under the Military Medical Research and Development program (CFDA 12.420) supports research at the University of Miami to prevent hidden hearing loss and synaptopathy following noise overexposure through targeted temperature management. The 3-year grant, awarded on July 15, 2023, will fund this study focused on improving medical solutions for the battlefield and transforming health care for Service Members and the public through...

Creare LLC received a $311,029 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), awarded September 1, 2025, with completion scheduled for August 31, 2026. The grant funds development of a multi-function earplug designed to address occupational hearing loss affecting approximately 22 million U.S. workers exposed to hazardous noise levels annually. The earplug...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Cooltech, LLC received a $983,042 Project Grant award from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke (NINDS) under the Extramural Research Programs in the Neurosciences and Neurological Disorders program (CFDA 93.853), effective September 17, 2025, with completion targeted for August 31, 2027. The award supports the development and advancement of MI-Helper, a novel thermodynamic neuromodulation device designed to provide non-pharmaceutical...

This $610,725 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) supports research into the physiological mechanisms underlying suprathreshold deficits in sensorineural hearing loss. The project, titled "Physiological Determinants of Suprathreshold Deficits in Sensorineural Hearing Loss," will be conducted by researchers at the University of Pittsburgh from May 2, 2025 to April 30, 2030. The key objectives are to: 1) Characterize the...

Federal Project Grant Award Summary Auricle, Inc. received a $305,995 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 September 1, 2025, through August 31, 2026. The award supports development and commercialization of a novel in-home neuromodulatory medical device designed to treat tinnitus by addressing its underlying neurobiological...

Federal Grant Award Summary Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary received a $473,749 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 September 11, 2025, with completion by August 31, 2027. The project conducts an in silico screen and in vivo evaluation of FDA-approved drugs to treat noise-induced hearing loss by targeting the mitochondrial...

This Project Grant, awarded 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 fundamental neuroscience research investigating neural mechanisms of hearing loss recovery. Emory University received $345,650 in obligated funding (award date: June 15, 2025; completion date: December 15, 2027) to conduct chronic electrophysiological recording studies in mouse auditory...