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Self-advocacy training for students with cochlear implants entering higher education

Award Number: R44DC013503
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: 07/01/2013
PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2022

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Self-advocacy training for students with cochlear implants entering higher education - KDH Research & Communication (KDHRC) submits this Phase II Small Business Innovation Research (SBIR) application to expand and fully evaluate Cochlear Implant University (CIU). CIU is an online, self- advocacy skills-building resource for high school and college students with cochlear implants (CIs) aged 16-21 and their parents. CIU seeks to develop high school and college students’ self-advocacy knowledge and skills to support a successful academic and social transition into higher education. The need for CIU is great. Increasing numbers of students with cochlear implants are entering higher education and experience myriad academic and social challenges compared to their hearing peers. These challenges in turn predict higher risk for dropout rates, poor academic and social outcomes, and may lead to underemployment or unemployment. There is a lack of self-advocacy programs specific to students with CIs and the higher education transition. To address this gap and to meet calls to action for evidence-based programs to help students develop a core set of self-advocacy skills to support a successful higher education transition, KDHRC developed and evaluated the CIU prototype. In collaboration with the AG Bell, our Phase I efforts yielded a strong prototype with supportive feasibility results and solid partnerships on which we base our Phase II approach. Leading hearing loss advocacy organizations, Alexander Graham Bell Association (AG Bell) and the Hearing Loss Association of America (HLAA), provide support for evaluation, recruitment, and commercialization of the finished program throughout Phase II and beyond. In Phase II, we will develop additional interactive content, film video vignettes, and finalize CIU. Then, we will conduct a well-powered and methodologically strong four-week, three-condition controlled randomized trial to test CIU’s effectiveness. Our market research suggests a significant need and eager market, and support from myriad stakeholders committed to CIU scientific rigor and rapid dissemination further substantiate CIU’s importance and commercial potential.


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: 2023 ( Subtotal = -$14 )
2023	2019	KDH RESEARCH & COMMUNICATION, INC.	145 15TH ST NE APT 831	ATLANTA	GA	30309	FULTON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	3	10/18/2022	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	-$14
														Subtotal = -$14

Issue Date FY: 2021 ( Subtotal = $0 )
2021	2019	KDH RESEARCH & COMMUNICATION, INC.	1201 PEACHTREE ST NE BLDG 400 STE 200	ATLANTA	GA	30361	FULTON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	3	5/11/2021	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$0
														Subtotal = $0

Issue Date FY: 2019 ( Subtotal = $565,230 )
2019	2019	KDH RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION, INC.	1175 PEACHTREE ST NE STE 1600	ATLANTA	GA	30361	FULTON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	3	6/7/2019	NON-COMPETING CONTINUATION	$565,230
														Subtotal = $565,230

Issue Date FY: 2018 ( Subtotal = $612,952 )
2018	2018	KDH RESEARCH AND COMMUNICATION, INC.	1175 PEACHTREE ST NE STE 1600	ATLANTA	GA	30361	FULTON	USA	Research Related to Deafness and Communication Disorders	000	2	7/17/2018	COMPETING CONTINUATION	$612,952
														Subtotal = $612,952

Grand Total All Awards = $1,178,168

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Self-advocacy training for students with cochlear implants entering higher education

Award Number: R44DC013503

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: 07/01/2013

PERIOD OF PERFORMANCE END DATE: 06/30/2022

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