SBIR/STTR Research Award
Improving Hearing Aid Satisfaction Through Remote Feedback and Settings Adjustments
Award amount
$573,989Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2018Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Administration for Community Living
- Recipient company
- INNOVATIVE DESIGN LABS INC
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- EEXDU6LVNDM7
- Solicitation number
- HHS-2017-ACL-NIDILRR-BISB-0217
- Topic code
- n/a
Research abstract
This project develops a system that improves communication between a patient and their audiologist, simplify the fitting and tuning process by allowing patients to remotely record their hearing aid (HA) experience via a smartphone application. Currently, only 28.5% of individuals who could benefit from a HA actually wears one. The goal of this project is to improve patient satisfaction with their HA, with the aim to increase and prolong continued use. The objectives are: (1) Develop a smartphone application and wireless interface to low-level HA functionality; (2) develop a cloud-based back-end system with a web-based audiologist interface; and (3) evaluate system with end users through a human trial.
Technology keywords
Not reported
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Research funding history
52 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2012–2025). Reported award amounts total $41,753,382. 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, Department of Defense