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...
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...
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...
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 of $498,000.00 was 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). The grant supports research to develop a novel, non-surgical method for delivering therapeutic agents into the inner ear to treat and prevent hearing loss using nanovesicles in a porcine model. The objectives are to: 1) validate an ex-vivo porcine round window membrane...
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)...
The University of Miami received a $767,494 Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (CFDA 93.173 - Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders) to develop human inner ear organoid platforms for modeling and treating hearing and balance disorders. The goal is to establish human induced pluripotent stem cell-derived 3D inner ear systems to test CRISPR/Cas9-based gene disruption and gene therapy strategies for correcting genetic...
This $369,108 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). The award funds the development of a new computational model of the human auditory subcortex to investigate how binaural coding and efferent gain control affect the perception of complex sounds, including in normal-hearing and hearing-impaired listeners. The model simulates...
This federal Project Grant award from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under CFDA Program 93.173 - Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders, aims to develop a new diagnostic test called Gain-Sensitive Cochlear Microphonics (GCM) to assess cochlear amplification and identify the site of damage within the cochlea for sensory hearing loss. The $456,500 award, with a project period from September 2024 to August 2026, will validate the...
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), under the CFDA 93.173 "Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders" program, awarded a $2,167,850 Project Grant to Spikegadgets, Inc. to commercialize a platform for large-scale chronic electrophysiology. The project aims to develop a compact 512-channel integrated circuit, known as the "eChip", to enable multi-electrode array (MEA) manufacturers to integrate electronics directly onto...