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SOFTWARE FOR AUDITORY PROSTHESIS RESEARCH

Award Number: R44DC010524
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: 05/24/2010
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2013

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SOFTWARE FOR AUDITORY PROSTHESIS RESEARCH - DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project is for the development of software with research and clinical applications in the hearing sciences. In the research area, the software will allow investigators to work at a higher level of abstraction, providing monitoring and control applications for the design of complex sound processing strategies for hearing devices. The clinical applications are designed to improve communications between audiologists, speech-language therapists, and hearing- impaired individuals through the use of auditory training and assessment activities that are accessible from any web-connected device. Our approach for completing this work is to frame development on two formative studies of research and clinical applications. These studies will be conducted in collaboration with the University of Texas at Dallas and with the House Ear Institute. The purpose of these formative evaluations is to receive essential user feedback from scientists, clinicians, and hearing- impaired individuals. The study of the research version of the software will examine the benefits of a specified method for synchronizing bilateral hearing devices (with emphasis on cochlear implants). The study of the clinical version of the software will examine the benefits of using online auditory training and assessment activities with hearing-impaired children. Successful completion of this project will yield two software packages designed for research and clinical applications. The research version will be used by a relatively small group of academic and industrial scientists, while the clinical version will be used by a larger group of audiologists, speech-language therapists, and hearing-impaired individuals. Providing a single architecture to implement all of these activities will consolidate efforts towards optimizing hearing for the impaired. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project is for the development of software with research and clinical applications in the hearing sciences. In the research area, the software will allow investigators to work at a higher level of abstraction, providing monitoring and control applications for the design of complex sound processing strategies for hearing devices. The clinical applications are designed to improve communications between audiologists, speech-language therapists, and hearing- impaired individuals through the use of auditory training and assessment activities that are accessible from any web-connected device.


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: 2012 ( Subtotal = $563,338 )
2012	2012	SENSIMETRICS CORPORATION	48 GROVE STREET, SUITE 305	SOMERVILLE	MA	02144	MIDDLESEX	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	3	7/5/2012	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$563,338
														Subtotal = $563,338

Issue Date FY: 2011 ( Subtotal = $575,303 )
2011	2011	SENSIMETRICS CORPORATION	48 GROVE STREET, SUITE 305	SOMERVILLE	MA	02144	MIDDLESEX	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	2	7/14/2011	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$575,303
														Subtotal = $575,303

Grand Total All Awards = $1,138,641

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SOFTWARE FOR AUDITORY PROSTHESIS RESEARCH

Award Number: R44DC010524

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: 05/24/2010

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2013

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