SBIR/STTR Research Award
DEVELOPMENT OF HEADSET HEARING AIDS
Award amount
$500,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
1994Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Health and Human Services
- Branch
- Not reported
- Recipient company
- SENSIMETRICS CORPORATION
- Proposal award date
- Not reported
- Contract end date
- Not reported
- UEI
- K7K5N8L26UN3
- Solicitation number
- Not reported
- Topic code
- Not reported
Research abstract
THIS IS A PROJECT TO DEVELOP ADVANCED HEARING AIDS IN WHICH SIZE IS NOT A PRIMARY CONSTRAINT. BASIC ANALOG AND DIGITAL UNITS ARE PLANNED, EMPLOYING BINAURAL HEADPHONES OF THE WALKMAN\ TYPE WITH CIRCUITRY AND BATTERIES IN AN ENLARGED HEADBAND. IN THE BASIC VERSION, EFFORT WILL BE CONCENTRATED ON DIRECTIVITY TO REDUCE INTERFERING NOISE; COMPONENT POSITIONING TO MINIMIZE FEEDBACK; AND POWER SUPPLY AND AMPLIFIER DESIGN TO MAINTAIN LOWEST DISTORTION. THE DIGITAL UNIT, ENVISIONED AS A MODULE ADDED TO THE BASIC UNIT, WOULD EXPLOIT NEW DIGITAL SIGNAL PROCESSING CHIPS AND ALGORITHMS FOR COMPRESSION, LIMITING, INTERFERENCE REJECTION AND FEEDBACK REDUCTION. APPEARANCE DESIGN WILL RECEIVE SPECIAL ATTENTION.
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.
- Non-metallic earbuds for auditory stimuli in MRI scanners
- Compact Speaker Array for Clinical Testing of Ear-level Devices
- Compact Speaker Array for Clinical Testing of Ear-level Devices
- Speech Enhancer for Group Conversation in Noise
- DEVELOPMENT OF PHYSIOLOGICALLY INSPIRED SIGNAL PROCESSING STRATEGIES FOR COCHLEAR
Research funding history
54 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (1989–2024). Reported award amounts total $16,163,381. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase I, Phase II
Agencies: Department of Health and Human Services, Department of Defense, National Science Foundation