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Optimizing BCI-FIT: Brain Computer Interface - Functional Implementation Toolkit

Award Number: R01DC009834
ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
OPDIV: NIH
AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY
AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 02/01/2009
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2025

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Optimizing BCI-FIT: Brain Computer Interface - Functional Implementation Toolkit - SUMMARY Many of the estimated four million adults in the U.S. with severe speech and physical impairments (SSPI) resulting from neurodevelopmental or neurodegenerative diseases cannot rely on current assistive technologies (AT) for communication. During a single day, or as their disease progresses, they may transition from one access technology to another due to fatigue, medications, changing physical status, or progressive motor dysfunction. There are currently no clinical or AT solutions that adapt to the multiple, dynamic access needs of these individuals, leaving many people poorly served. This competitive renewal, called BCI-FIT (Brain Computer Interface-Functional Implementation Toolkit) adds to our innovative multidisciplinary translational research conducted over the past 11 years for the advancement of science related to non-invasive BCIs for communication for these clinical populations. BCI-FIT relies on active inference and transfer learning to customize a completely adaptive intent estimation classifier to each user's multiple modality signals in real-time. The BCI-FIT acronym has many implications: our BCI fits to each user's brain signals; to the environment, offering relevant personal language; to the user's internal states, adjusting signals based on drowsiness, medications, physical and cognitive abilities; and to users' learning patterns from BCI introduction to expert use. Three specific aims are proposed: (1) Develop and evaluate methods for optimizing system and user performance with on-line, robust adaptation of multi-modal signal models. (2) Develop and evaluate methods for efficient user intent inference through active querying. (3) Integrate language interaction and letter/word supplementation as input modalities in real-time BCI use. Four single case experimental research designs will evaluate both user performance and technology performance for functional communication with 35 participants with SSPI in the community, and 30 healthy controls for preliminary testing. The same dependent variables will be tested in all experiments: typing accuracy (correct character selections divided by total character selections), information transfer rate (ITR), typing speed (correct characters/minute), and user experience (UX) questionnaire responses about comfort, workload, and satisfaction. Our goal is to establish individualized recommendations for each user based on a combination of clinical and machine expertise. The clinical expertise plus user feedback added to active sensor fusion and reinforcement learning for intent inference will produce optimized multi-modal BCIs for each end-user that can adjust to short- and long-term fluctuating function. Our research is conducted by four sub-teams who have collaborated successfully to implement translational science: Electrical/computer engineering; Neurophysiology and systems science; Natural language processing; and Clinical rehabilitation. The project is grounded in solid machine learning approaches with models of participatory action research and AAC participation. This project will improve technologies and BCI technical capabilities, demonstrate BCI implementation paradigms and clinical guidelines for people with severe disabilities.


Issue Date FY	Funding FY	Legal Entity Name	Legal Entity Address	Legal Entity City	Legal Entity State	Legal Entity Zip Code	Legal Entity COUNTY	Legal Entity COUNTRY	Assistance Listing	Award Code	Budget Year	Action Date	Action Type	Action Amount

Issue Date FY: 2026 ( Subtotal = -$691 )
2026	2024	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	15	11/21/2025	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$691
														Subtotal = -$691

Issue Date FY: 2025 ( Subtotal = -$93,169 )
2025	2019	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	10	10/1/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$93,169
														Subtotal = -$93,169

Issue Date FY: 2024 ( Subtotal = $913,759 )
2024	2024	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	15	6/11/2024	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$913,759
2024	2023	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	14	8/10/2024	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
														Subtotal = $913,759

Issue Date FY: 2023 ( Subtotal = $1,235,330 )
2023	2023	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	14	6/16/2023	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$911,613
2023	2023	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	002	14	8/11/2023	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$323,717
2023	2022	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	13	10/26/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,235,330

Issue Date FY: 2022 ( Subtotal = $911,723 )
2022	2022	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	002	13	8/6/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$911,723
2022	2020	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	11	4/18/2022	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$115,042
2022	2019	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	10	4/18/2022	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	-$115,042
														Subtotal = $911,723

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $915,264 )
2021	2021	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	12	6/30/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$915,264
														Subtotal = $915,264

Issue Date FY: 2020 ( Subtotal = $1,160,393 )
2020	2020	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	003	11	8/3/2020	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$230,994
2020	2020	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	002	11	7/8/2020	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$929,399
2020	2019	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	10	7/8/2020	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
2020	2019	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	10	12/11/2019	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$0
														Subtotal = $1,160,393

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $809,085 )
2019	2019	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	10	7/24/2019	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$153,834
2019	2019	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	10	2/27/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$655,251
														Subtotal = $809,085

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $1,015,824 )
2018	2018	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	9	4/5/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$65,199
2018	2018	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	9	2/16/2018	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$586,781
2018	2018	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	002	9	8/16/2018	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$363,844
														Subtotal = $1,015,824

Issue Date FY: 2017 ( Subtotal = $652,111 )
2017	2017	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	8	2/14/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$586,899
2017	2017	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK RD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	8	5/24/2017	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$65,212
														Subtotal = $652,111

Issue Date FY: 2016 ( Subtotal = $652,362 )
2016	2016	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK ROAD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	7	2/26/2016	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$652,362
														Subtotal = $652,362

Issue Date FY: 2015 ( Subtotal = $665,012 )
2015	2015	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK ROAD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	6	3/20/2015	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$665,012
														Subtotal = $665,012

Issue Date FY: 2013 ( Subtotal = $655,370 )
2013	2013	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK ROAD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	5	5/14/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$34,493
2013	2013	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK ROAD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	5	1/17/2013	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$620,877
														Subtotal = $655,370

Issue Date FY: 2012 ( Subtotal = $739,362 )
2012	2012	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK ROAD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	002	4	5/23/2012	SUPPLEMENT FOR EXPANSION	$40,000
2012	2012	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK ROAD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	4	1/25/2012	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$47,416
2012	2012	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK ROAD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	4	1/20/2012	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$651,946
														Subtotal = $739,362

Issue Date FY: 2011 ( Subtotal = $698,439 )
2011	2011	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK ROAD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	3	1/19/2011	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$650,312
2011	2011	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK ROAD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	001	3	5/31/2011	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$48,127
														Subtotal = $698,439

Issue Date FY: 2010 ( Subtotal = $724,428 )
2010	2010	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK ROAD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	2	2/1/2010	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$724,428
														Subtotal = $724,428

Issue Date FY: 2009 ( Subtotal = $708,748 ) (Continued on the next page)
2009	2009	OREGON HEALTH & SCIENCE UNIVERSITY	3181 SW SAM JACKSON PARK ROAD	PORTLAND	OR	97239	MULTNOMAH	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	1	12/1/2008	NEW	$602,434
Grand Total All Awards = $12,363,350

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Optimizing BCI-FIT: Brain Computer Interface - Functional Implementation Toolkit

Award Number: R01DC009834

ORGANIZATION: NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS

OPDIV: NIH

AWARD CLASS: DISCRETIONARY

AWARD ACTIVITY TYPE: SCIENTIFIC/HEALTH RESEARCH (INCLUDES SURVEYS)

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE START DATE: 02/01/2009

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2025

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