Working with scientists and clinical researchers throughout the United States, the NIDCD supports clinical and translational research to develop and test novel strategies to overcome barriers to care and to improve the quality of life for the millions of adults with hearing loss.
As of January 2023, the NIDCD supports 20 active research projects (below) on accessible and affordable hearing health care (AAHHC). We also list (below, second chart) completed projects on accessible and affordable hearing health care. The projects are listed alphabetically by the last name of the principal investigator (PI). In some cases, a project might begin under one type of grant mechanism and continue under another mechanism, with the same project name. Completed projects that are continuing under a different funding mechanism are marked with an asterisk(*).
Active Projects: Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care
Completed Projects: Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care
| PI Name (Contact) | PI Institution Name | Institution Location | Project Title | Project Number |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clavier, Odile H | Creare, LLC | Hanover, NH | Wireless and Noise Attenuating Headset for Automated Hearing Screening | R43DC012861 |
| Clavier, Odile H | Creare, LLC | Hanover, NH | Wireless and Noise Attenuating Headset for Automated Hearing Screening | R44DC012861 |
| Clavier, Odile H | Creare, LLC | Hanover, NH | Low-Cost User-Friendly Otoacoustic Emissions Probe | R43DC014007 |
| Clavier, Odile H | Creare, LLC | Hanover, NH | Low-Cost User-Friendly Otoacoustic Emissions Probe | R44DC014007 |
| Coco, Laura Susan | University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | Community Health Workers and Teleaudiology as a Culturally-Relevant Approach to Improving Access to Hearing Health Care | F32DC017081 |
| Cox, Robyn Masterton | University of Memphis | Memphis, TN | Effectiveness of Basic and Premium Hearing Aid Features for Older Adults | R01DC011550 |
| Delgado, Rafael E | Intelligent Hearing Systems | Miami, FL | Insert Earphones with Integrated In-Ear Calibration | R43DC016567 |
| Dhar, Sumitrajit | Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | Can Consumers and Audiologists Detect Ear Disease Prior to Hearing Aid Use? | R21DC013115 |
| Dhar, Sumitrajit | Northwestern University | Evanston, IL | Can Consumers and Audiologists Detect Ear Disease Prior to Hearing Aid Use? | R33DC013115 |
| Eberhardt, Silvio Peter | Seehear, LLC | Arlington, VA | Speech Perception Training: Advanced Scoring and Feedback Methods | R43DC015418 |
| Eberhardt, Silvio Peter | Seehear, LLC | Arlington, VA | Speech Perception Training: Advanced Scoring and Feedback Methods | R44DC015418 |
| Feeney, Martin Patrick | Oregon Health & Science University | Portland, OR | Community-Based Kiosks for Hearing Screening and Education | R21DC011769 |
| Feeney, Martin Patrick | Oregon Health & Science University | Portland, OR | Community-Based Kiosks for Hearing Screening and Education | R33DC011769 |
| Francis, Howard W | Duke University | Durham, NC | Addressing Barriers to Adult Hearing Healthcare | R33DC015003 |
| Humes, Larry E | Indiana University Bloomington | Bloomington, IN | Efficacy of a Low-Cost Hearing Aid and Comparison of Service-Delivery Models | R01DC011771 |
| Kajiyama, Bruno | Photozig, Inc. | Moffett Field, CA | Social Game to Improve Hearing Health Care Outcomes | R44DC013114 |
| Krause, Lee Stanley | Securboration, Inc. | Melbourne, FL | Individualized Signal Processing Strategy to Reduce Hearing Health Care Cost/Disp | R43DC013623 |
| Levitt, Harry Nmi | Advanced Hearing Concepts, Inc. | Bodega Bay, CA | Realistic Hearing-Aid Outcome Measures | R01DC012305 |
| Levitt, Harry Nmi | Advanced Hearing Concepts, Inc. | Bodega Bay, CA | Computer-Based Virtual Hearing Aid | R24DC011513 |
| Levitt, Harry Nmi | Advanced Hearing Concepts, Inc. | Bodega Bay, CA | In-Home Hearing-Aid Fitting, Evaluation, and Training | R43DC012202 |
| Lin, Frank R | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Implementing a Community Health Worker Model for Providing Hearing Healthcare Services to Older Adults | R21DC015062 |
| Lin, Frank R | Johns Hopkins University | Baltimore, MD | Implementing a Community Health Worker Model for Providing Hearing Healthcare Services to Older Adults | R33DC015062 |
| Mackersie, Carol L | San Diego State University | San Diego, CA | Self Fitting of Amplification: Methodology and Candidacy | R21DC015046 |
| Mackersie, Carol L | San Diego State University | San Diego, CA | Self Fitting of Amplification: Methodology and Candidacy | R33DC015046 |
| Marrone, Nicole L | University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | Reducing Disparities in Access to Hearing Healthcare on the U.S.-Mexico Border | R21DC013681 |
| Marrone, Nicole L | University of Arizona | Tucson, AZ | Reducing Disparities In Access To Hearing Healthcare on the U.S.-Mexico Border | R33DC013681 |
| Molis, Michelle | Oregon Health & Science University | Portland, OR | Application of Health Behavior Models to Predict Hearing Healthcare Outcomes | R01DC013761 |
| Moore, David | Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center | Cincinnati, OH | Smartphone Based Detection and Intervention for Hearing Loss in Low and Middle Income Countries | R21DC016241 |
| Nelson, Peggy B | University of Minnesota | Minneapolis, MN | Improving Amplification Outcomes in Noise by Self-Directed Hearing Aid Fitting | R01DC013267 |
| Norris, James A * | Creare, LLC | Hanover, NH | Diagnostic Hearing Test System for Telehealth in Underserved Communities | R43DC017930 |
| Pavlovic, Caslav Vojislav | Batandcat, Inc. | Palo Alto, CA | Technology to Support Deployment of Intelligent Audio Devices | R44DC014030 |
| Peters, Thomas Michael | University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | Protecting Farm Workers' Hearing Through Personalized Automated Training | R21DC017022 |
| Prakash, S R | Caraway Software, Inc. | Saratoga, CA | User-Driven Fitting of Hearing Aids and Other Assistive Hearing Devices | R43DC016251 |
| Runge, Christina | Ascending Hearing Technologies, LLC | New Berlin, WI | Custom-Fit Personal Sound Amplification Smartphone Application | R41DC017939 |
| Sabin, Andrew T | Bose Corporation | Framingham, MA | User-Centered Control of Hearing Aid Signal Processing | R44DC013093 |
| Saunders, James E | Dartmouth College | Lebanon, NH | Mobile Smartphone Audiometry to Improve Hearing Outcomes in Nicaraguan Children | R21DC015133 |
| Simpson, Ann-Catherin Nordbo | Medical University of South Carolina | Charleston, SC | Age-Related Hearing Loss: Health Services Utilization and Outcomes | R21DC014031 |
| Tremblay, Kelly | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | Linking SNR to Hearing Aid Success | R01DC012769 |
| Tremblay, Kelly | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | Defining Universal Barriers and Incentives to Seeking Hearing Health Care | R21DC013161 |
| Tremblay, Kelly | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | Defining Universal Barriers and Incentives to Seeking Hearing Health Care | R33DC013161 |
| Tremblay, Kelly | University of Washington | Seattle, WA | N/A | R41DC017109 |
| Tucci, Debara L | Duke University | Durham, NC | Addressing Barriers to Adult Hearing Healthcare | R21DC015003 |
| Wallhagen, Margaret I | University of California, San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | Primary Care Intervention Promoting Hearing Health Care Service Access and Use | R21DC011510 |
| Wallhagen, Margaret I | University of California, San Francisco | San Francisco, CA | Primary Care Intervention Promoting Hearing Health Care Service Access and Use | R33DC011510 |
| Watson, Charles S | Communication Disorders Technology, Inc | Bloomington, IN | A National Screening Test for Hearing, Administered by Telephone | R44DC009719 |
| Watson, Charles S * | Communication Disorders Technology, Inc | Bloomington, IN | Efficient Estimation of Auditory Sensitivity and Cognitive Status Using Spoken-Digit Tests | R21DC017967 |
| Wu, Yu-Hsiang | University of Iowa | Iowa City, IA | Minimal Technologies for Hearing Aid Success in Elderly Adults | R03DC012551 |
| Zazove, Philip | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | Early Audiology Referral in Primary Care | R21DC013678 |
| Zazove, Philip | University of Michigan | Ann Arbor, MI | Early Audiology Referral in Primary Care | R33DC013678 |
| Zurek, Patrick M | Sensimetrics Corporation | Malden, MA | Speech Enhancer for Group Conversation in Noise | R43DC017100 |
* This project continued under a different funding mechanism. See the corresponding active project listing for this Project Number.
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