SOFTWARE FOR AUDITORY PROSTHESIS RESEARCH

描述（由申请人提供）： 该项目旨在开发听力科学研究和临床应用软件。在研究领域，该软件将使研究人员能够在更高的抽象层次上工作，为听力设备复杂声音处理策略的设计提供监控和控制应用程序。临床应用程序旨在通过使用可从任何网络连接设备访问的听觉训练和评估活动来改善听力学家、语言治疗师和听力受损个体之间的沟通。我们完成这项工作的方法是在研究和临床应用的两项形成性研究的基础上进行开发。这些研究将与德克萨斯大学达拉斯分校和众议院耳朵研究所合作进行。这些形成性评价的目的是从科学家、临床医生和听力受损者那里获得基本的用户反馈。对该软件研究版的研究将检查同步双侧听力设备（重点是人工耳蜗）的特定方法的益处。对该软件临床版本的研究将检查对听障儿童使用在线听觉训练和评估活动的益处。该项目的成功完成将产生两个软件包，专为研究和临床应用。研究版本将由相对较小的学术和工业科学家群体使用，而临床版本将由听力学家，语言治疗师和听力受损者群体使用。提供一个单一的架构来实现所有这些活动将巩固为受损者优化听力的努力。 公共卫生相关性： 该项目旨在开发听力科学研究和临床应用软件。在研究领域，该软件将使研究人员能够在更高的抽象层次上工作，为听力设备复杂声音处理策略的设计提供监控和控制应用程序。临床应用程序旨在通过使用可从任何网络连接设备访问的听觉训练和评估活动来改善听力学家、语言治疗师和听力受损个体之间的沟通。

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): This project is for the development of software with research and clinical applications in the hearing sciences. In the research area, the software will allow investigators to work at a higher level of abstraction, providing monitoring and control applications for the design of complex sound processing strategies for hearing devices. The clinical applications are designed to improve communications between audiologists, speech-language therapists, and hearing- impaired individuals through the use of auditory training and assessment activities that are accessible from any web-connected device. Our approach for completing this work is to frame development on two formative studies of research and clinical applications. These studies will be conducted in collaboration with the University of Texas at Dallas and with the House Ear Institute. The purpose of these formative evaluations is to receive essential user feedback from scientists, clinicians, and hearing- impaired individuals. The study of the research version of the software will examine the benefits of a specified method for synchronizing bilateral hearing devices (with emphasis on cochlear implants). The study of the clinical version of the software will examine the benefits of using online auditory training and assessment activities with hearing-impaired children. Successful completion of this project will yield two software packages designed for research and clinical applications. The research version will be used by a relatively small group of academic and industrial scientists, while the clinical version will be used by a larger group of audiologists, speech-language therapists, and hearing-impaired individuals. Providing a single architecture to implement all of these activities will consolidate efforts towards optimizing hearing for the impaired. PUBLIC HEALTH RELEVANCE: This project is for the development of software with research and clinical applications in the hearing sciences. In the research area, the software will allow investigators to work at a higher level of abstraction, providing monitoring and control applications for the design of complex sound processing strategies for hearing devices. The clinical applications are designed to improve communications between audiologists, speech-language therapists, and hearing- impaired individuals through the use of auditory training and assessment activities that are accessible from any web-connected device.