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      NIDCD-Funded Research Projects on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care


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 2024, the NIDCD supports 17 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**PI Name (Contact)PI Institution NameInstitution LocationProject TitleProject NumberArnold, Michelle LeighUniversity of South FloridaTampa, FLDevelopment and Assessment of a Spanish-Language Toolkit for Hearing Loss Self-ManagementR21DC018655Bush, Matthew LeeUniversity of KentuckyLexington, KYHearing Healthcare Assessment in Rural Communities (HHARC)R21DC019602Clavier, Odile HCreare, LLCHanover, NHDiagnostic Hearing Test System for Telehealth in Underserved CommunitiesR44DC017930Condon, John PaulInnovative Design Labs, Inc.Minneapolis, MNA System and Process to Improve the Satisfaction with Hearing Health ProductsR44DC019072Day, RobertNational Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and MedicineWashington, DCMeaningful Outcome Measures in Adult Hearing Health CareN01OD263201800029IHay-McCutcheon, Marcia JeanUniversity of AlabamaTuscaloosa, ALImproving Access and Affordability of Adult Hearing Healthcare: Effectiveness of Community-based Interventions in West Central and South AlabamaR33DC019073Kidd, Gary RCommunication Disorders Technology, IncBloomington, INEfficient Estimation of Auditory Sensitivity and Cognitive Status Using Spoken-Digit TestsR33DC017967Lin, Frank RJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MDRandomized Trial of Telehealth vs Conventional Hearing Care Delivery in the ACHIEVE StudyR01DC019408Mamo, Sara KUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstHadley, MACommunication Challenges and Barriers to Hearing Care for Older Bilingual Latinx AdultsR21DC020790Moore, DavidCincinnati Childrens Hosp Med CtrCincinnati, OHMobile Technologies for Delivering Hearing Care Through Community Health WorkersR21DC019598Nieman, Carrie LJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MDExtending Capacity for Affordable, Accessible Hearing Care through Peer MentorshipR21DC020149Pavlovic, Caslav VojislavBatandcat, Inc.Palo Alto, CAPortable Hearing LaboratoryR44DC016247Pesko, MichaelGeorgia State UniversityAtlanta, GAEffect of Hearing Aid Insurance Coverage Requirements for Adults on UtilizationR01DC019661Shen, YiUniversity of WashingtonSeatte, WAIndividualized Assessment and Prediction of Speech-Recognition Performance in Adults with Age-Related Hearing LossR01DC017988Souza, Pamela ENorthwestern UniversityChicago, ILCharacterizing Variability in Hearing Aid Outcomes Among Older AdultsR01DC012289Wang, MolinHarvard School of Public HealthBoston, MAWhat Causes Hearing Loss: Advancing the MethodsR01DC017717Wu, Yu-HsiangUniversity of IowaIowa City, IACost-Effective Hearing Aid Delivery Models: Outcomes, Value, and CandidacyR01DC015997**Completed Projects: Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care**PI Name (Contact)PI Institution NameInstitution LocationProject TitleProject NumberClavier, Odile HCreare, LLCHanover, NHWireless and Noise Attenuating Headset for Automated Hearing ScreeningR43DC012861Clavier, Odile HCreare, LLCHanover, NHWireless and Noise Attenuating Headset for Automated Hearing ScreeningR44DC012861Clavier, Odile HCreare, LLCHanover, NHLow-Cost User-Friendly Otoacoustic Emissions ProbeR43DC014007Clavier, Odile HCreare, LLCHanover, NHLow-Cost User-Friendly Otoacoustic Emissions ProbeR44DC014007Coco, Laura SusanUniversity of ArizonaTucson, AZCommunity Health Workers and Teleaudiology as a Culturally-Relevant Approach to Improving Access to Hearing Health CareF32DC017081Cox, Robyn MastertonUniversity of MemphisMemphis, TNEffectiveness of Basic and Premium Hearing Aid Features for Older AdultsR01DC011550Delgado, Rafael EIntelligent Hearing SystemsMiami, FLInsert Earphones with Integrated In-Ear CalibrationR43DC016567Dhar, SumitrajitNorthwestern UniversityEvanston, ILCan Consumers and Audiologists Detect Ear Disease Prior to Hearing Aid Use?R21DC013115Dhar, SumitrajitNorthwestern UniversityEvanston, ILCan Consumers and Audiologists Detect Ear Disease Prior to Hearing Aid Use?R33DC013115Eberhardt, Silvio PeterSeehear, LLCArlington, VASpeech Perception Training: Advanced Scoring and Feedback MethodsR43DC015418Eberhardt, Silvio PeterSeehear, LLCArlington, VASpeech Perception Training: Advanced Scoring and Feedback MethodsR44DC015418Feeney, Martin PatrickOregon Health & Science UniversityPortland, ORCommunity-Based Kiosks for Hearing Screening and EducationR21DC011769Feeney, Martin PatrickOregon Health & Science UniversityPortland, ORCommunity-Based Kiosks for Hearing Screening and EducationR33DC011769Francis, Howard WDuke UniversityDurham, NCAddressing Barriers to Adult Hearing HealthcareR33DC015003Havey, Gary DAdvanced Medical Electronics CorporationMaple Grove, MNGaze Steered Microphone Array for Understanding Speech in Noisy AreasR44DC013216Humes, Larry EIndiana University BloomingtonBloomington, INEfficacy of a Low-Cost Hearing Aid and Comparison of Service-Delivery ModelsR01DC011771Kajiyama, BrunoPhotozig, Inc.Moffett Field, CASocial Game to Improve Hearing Health Care OutcomesR44DC013114Krause, Lee StanleySecurboration, Inc.Melbourne, FLIndividualized Signal Processing Strategy to Reduce Hearing Health Care Cost/DispR43DC013623Levitt, Harry NmiAdvanced Hearing Concepts, Inc.Bodega Bay, CARealistic Hearing-Aid Outcome MeasuresR01DC012305Levitt, Harry NmiAdvanced Hearing Concepts, Inc.Bodega Bay, CAComputer-Based Virtual Hearing AidR24DC011513Levitt, Harry NmiAdvanced Hearing Concepts, Inc.Bodega Bay, CAIn-Home Hearing-Aid Fitting, Evaluation, and TrainingR43DC012202Lin, Frank RJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MDImplementing a Community Health Worker Model for Providing Hearing Healthcare Services to Older AdultsR21DC015062Lin, Frank RJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MDImplementing a Community Health Worker Model for Providing Hearing Healthcare Services to Older AdultsR33DC015062Mackersie, Carol LSan Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CASelf Fitting of Amplification: Methodology and CandidacyR21DC015046Mackersie, Carol LSan Diego State UniversitySan Diego, CASelf Fitting of Amplification: Methodology and CandidacyR33DC015046Mamo, Sara KUniversity of Massachusetts AmherstHadley, MASpeech understanding ability and communication intervention for persons with age-related hearing loss and mild cognitive impairment or dementiaK23DC016855Marrone, Nicole LUniversity of ArizonaTucson, AZReducing Disparities in Access to Hearing Healthcare on the U.S.-Mexico BorderR21DC013681Marrone, Nicole LUniversity of ArizonaTucson, AZReducing Disparities In Access To Hearing Healthcare on the U.S.-Mexico BorderR33DC013681McClannahan, KatrinaWashington UniversitySt. Louis, MOFactors that Contribute to Hearing Handicap and Hearing Loss Treatment Decisions of Older AdultsK01DC017522Molis, MichelleOregon Health & Science UniversityPortland, ORApplication of Health Behavior Models to Predict Hearing Healthcare OutcomesR01DC013761Moore, DavidCincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical CenterCincinnati, OHSmartphone Based Detection and Intervention for Hearing Loss in Low and Middle Income CountriesR21DC016241Nelson, Peggy BUniversity of MinnesotaMinneapolis, MNImproving Amplification Outcomes in Noise by Self-Directed Hearing Aid FittingR01DC013267Nieman, Carrie LJohns Hopkins UniversityBaltimore, MDK-HEARS: Hearing Health Equity through Accessible Research and Solutions for Korean AmericansR56DC019686Norris, James A *Creare, LLCHanover, NHDiagnostic Hearing Test System for Telehealth in Underserved CommunitiesR43DC017930Pavlovic, Caslav VojislavBatandcat, Inc.Palo Alto, CATechnology to Support Deployment of Intelligent Audio DevicesR44DC014030Peters, Thomas MichaelUniversity of IowaIowa City, IAProtecting Farm Workers' Hearing Through Personalized Automated TrainingR21DC017022Prakash, S RCaraway Software, Inc.Saratoga, CAUser-Driven Fitting of Hearing Aids and Other Assistive Hearing DevicesR43DC016251Runge, ChristinaAscending Hearing Technologies, LLCNew Berlin, WICustom-Fit Personal Sound Amplification Smartphone ApplicationR41DC017939Sabin, Andrew TBose CorporationFramingham, MAUser-Centered Control of Hearing Aid Signal ProcessingR44DC013093Saunders, James EDartmouth CollegeLebanon, NHMobile Smartphone Audiometry to Improve Hearing Outcomes in Nicaraguan ChildrenR21DC015133Simpson, Ann-Catherin NordboMedical University of South CarolinaCharleston, SCAge-Related Hearing Loss: Health Services Utilization and OutcomesR21DC014031Tremblay, KellyUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, WALinking SNR to Hearing Aid SuccessR01DC012769Tremblay, KellyUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, WADefining Universal Barriers and Incentives to Seeking Hearing Health CareR21DC013161Tremblay, KellyUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, WADefining Universal Barriers and Incentives to Seeking Hearing Health CareR33DC013161Tremblay, KellyUniversity of WashingtonSeattle, WAN/AR41DC017109Tucci, Debara LDuke UniversityDurham, NCAddressing Barriers to Adult Hearing HealthcareR21DC015003Wallhagen, Margaret IUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan Francisco, CAPrimary Care Intervention Promoting Hearing Health Care Service Access and UseR21DC011510Wallhagen, Margaret IUniversity of California, San FranciscoSan Francisco, CAPrimary Care Intervention Promoting Hearing Health Care Service Access and UseR33DC011510Watson, Charles SCommunication Disorders Technology, IncBloomington, INA National Screening Test for Hearing, Administered by TelephoneR44DC009719Watson, Charles S *Communication Disorders Technology, IncBloomington, INEfficient Estimation of Auditory Sensitivity and Cognitive Status Using Spoken-Digit TestsR21DC017967Wu, Yu-HsiangUniversity of IowaIowa City, IAMinimal Technologies for Hearing Aid Success in Elderly AdultsR03DC012551Zazove, PhilipUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, MIEarly Audiology Referral in Primary CareR21DC013678Zazove, PhilipUniversity of MichiganAnn Arbor, MIEarly Audiology Referral in Primary CareR33DC013678Zurek, Patrick MSensimetrics CorporationMalden, MASpeech Enhancer for Group Conversation in NoiseR43DC017100* This project continued under a different funding mechanism. See the corresponding active project listing for this Project Number.
    Last Updated Date:
      February 16, 2024
              Related Topics
    
      
            National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine Report by the Committee on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults (June 2, 2016)
	NIDCD Director's Statement on National Academies’ Hearing Health Care Report
	Hearing Loss and Healthy Aging: An Institute of Medicine-National Research Council Workshop Summary (2014)
	Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults with Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss, guest editorial (Ear Hear February 2010)
	NIDCD Working Group on Accessible and Affordable Hearing Health Care for Adults with Mild to Moderate Hearing Loss (2009)
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