SOFTWARE FOR AUDITORY PROSTHESIS RESEARCH

描述(由申请人提供)： 该项目用于开发在听力科学中具有研究和临床应用的软件。在研究领域，该软件将允许研究人员在更高的抽象水平上工作，为设计听力设备的复杂声音处理策略提供监测和控制应用程序。这些临床应用程序旨在通过使用可从任何联网设备访问的听觉训练和评估活动来改善听力专家、言语语言治疗师和听力受损个人之间的交流。我们完成这项工作的方法是在研究和临床应用的两个形成性研究上制定发展框架。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。这些形成性评估的目的是从科学家、临床医生和听力障碍人士那里获得基本的用户反馈。对该软件研究版本的研究将检验同步双边听力装置的特定方法的好处(重点是人工耳蜗术)。对该软件临床版本的研究将检查使用在线听觉训练和评估活动对听力受损儿童的好处。该项目的成功完成将产生两个专为研究和临床应用而设计的软件包。研究版本将由相对较少的学术和工业科学家使用，而临床版本将由更多的听觉学家、言语语言治疗师和听力受损个人使用。提供一个单一的架构来实施所有这些活动，将巩固为残障人士优化听力的努力。 公共卫生相关性： 该项目用于开发在听力科学中具有研究和临床应用的软件。在研究领域，该软件将允许研究人员在更高的抽象水平上工作，为设计听力设备的复杂声音处理策略提供监测和控制应用程序。这些临床应用程序旨在通过使用可从任何联网设备访问的听觉训练和评估活动来改善听力专家、言语语言治疗师和听力受损个人之间的交流。

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.