SBIR/STTR Research Award
The Nittany Acoustics LLC Sub-Concussive Blast Measurement System
Award amount
$1,100,000Program and phase
SBIR · Phase IIAward year
2022Award details
- Awarding agency
- Department of Defense
- Branch
- Defense Health Agency
- Recipient company
- Nittany Acoustics, LLC
- Proposal award date
- 2022-07-08
- Contract end date
- 2024-11-17
- UEI
- HXN2YG6K6MA8
- Solicitation number
- 21.1
- Topic code
- DHA211-001
Research abstract
This project involves the development of a small, self-powered sub-concussive blast recording badge, referred to as the Nittany Acoustics Blast Dosimeter (NABD, pronounced “nab-dee”). The NABD will sense and record sub-concussive blasts in the range from 120-212 dBP. The sampling rate for the digital system will be 102.4 kHz. Recordings of single blasts will be in the range of 100 ms. Post processing will be performed on a personal computer following wireless or smart-card data transfer from the NABD. Post processing will include calculation of the A-, B- and C-durations of the waveform. Additionally, the waveform will be formatted for input to the DOD Auditory Hazard Assessment Algorithm for Humans (AHAAH) analysis tool. The results of these analyses can then be correlated with the various auditory and non-auditory health effects experienced by the NABD wearer.
Technology keywords
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Other awards by this recipient
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- A Cost-effective, Well-proven and Scalable Hearing Protector Fit-testing System
- A Cost-effective, Well-proven and Scalable Hearing Protector Fit-testing System
- The Nittany Acoustics LLC Sub-Concussive Blast Measurement System
- Extended Wear Deep-Fitting Noise Dosimeter
- Extended Wear Deep-Fitting Noise Dosimeter
Awards with the same topic code
Verified by an exact topic code match. This is not a text-similarity match.
- Noise Dosimeter for Low-Level Blast and Impulsive Noise in Realistic Operational Settings
- Noise Dosimeter for Low Level Blast and Impulsive Noise in Realistic Operational Settings
Research funding history
6 SBIR/STTR records share this UEI (2019–2023). Reported award amounts total $3,809,992. Reported amounts are not federal obligations.
Phases: Phase II, Phase I
Agencies: Department of Defense