SBIR/STTR Research Award
Connectivity to Modern Electronics for the Hearing Disabled.
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2009Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Education
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- ADVANCED MEDICAL ELECTRONICS CORP
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- GJ1KBJPEZL52
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
Advanced Medical Electronics (AME) proposes to create a wireless solution for interconnecting hearing aids with consumer electronics devices. Many millions of hearing aid users will benefit from this proposed technology. The proposed solution will be based on a new ultra-low-power radio specifically developed by project partner IntriCon Corporation (St. Paul, MN) for use in micro-behind-the-ear (Micro-BTE) hearing aids. Utilizing this novel wireless technology allows the proposed connectivity solution to be completely integrated into micro-BTE hearing aids. Full integration has many advantages over current solutions. IntriCon has long-standing component supplier relationships with the leading 6 hearing aid manufacturers (80% of market) and sells directly to the remaining 20%. IntriCon plans to offer its new integrated wireless radio technology to all of these customers. By leveraging this radio in the proposed add-on module for consumer electronics, the module will be compatible with many future wireless hearing aids. The Phase II project will develop and test a production prototype system.
Technology keywords
Not reported
Other awards by this recipient
Verified by the same UEI. These are other public SBIR/STTR award pages, not a merged company record.
- Ring wearable sensor use for diagnosis and monitoring of Parkinson's disease in underserved rural populations
- Innovative Pneumothorax Decompression Device
- Enhanced Imaging for Visual Prostheses
- Home-Based Placement of Feeding Tubes with a Mobile Assistant for Underserved Population
- Improving Patient Care Through Objective Monitoring of At-Home Repetitive Ritual Behaviors in Obsessive-Compulsive Disorder
Research funding history
138 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1994–2024). Reported award amounts total $61,745,451. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II, Phase II – Direct to Phase II
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Education, National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Department of Homeland Security, Department of Agriculture, National Science Foundation