Open Source Hearing Assessment System for Open Science
Project Number5R44DC021123-02
Former Number1R44DC021123-01
Contact PI/Project LeaderCLAVIER, ODILE H
Awardee OrganizationCREARE, LLC
Description
Abstract Text
PROJECT SUMMARY/ABSTRACT
The goal of this project is to build and validate an open-source research platform that will enable multiple-
measure diagnostic hearing research across human and animal species. Our proposed innovation will promote
reproducibility with easily connected open data repositories and accessibility to both researchers and subject
populations, ensuring that studies enroll large enough populations to achieve the statistical power the hearing
science community requires. Our user-friendly, low-cost, extendable, and mobile auditory test platform will
facilitate collaborative development and the open exchange of new datasets and measurement paradigms within
the broader hearing research community worldwide, including academia and industry. This project will leverage
Creare's existing open-source Audio Processing platform, Tympan, an open, published design device that uses
readily available components. The project will expand Tympan's functionality in fundamental ways: (i) it will
significantly enhance the scope by supporting transducers for common tests of auditory function, including
audiometry, otoacoustic emissions (OAEs), wideband acoustic immittance (WAI), speech recognition, and
eventually evoked potentials; (ii) it will add software designed to easily administer a test battery and share test
paradigms and data across research studies; and (iii) it will provide interfaces to back-end servers for seamless
storage in semantically enriched open science data repositories. The project promises significant
advances: (1) increased clinical transition of multiple-measure diagnostics through the open access to a
validated powerful research platform; (2) improved transparency, reproducibility, and standardization of human
and animal studies by providing easy access to an open science repository; and (3) increased access to
high-quality research tools for resource-limited laboratories that will expand the reach of hearing research.
Public Health Relevance Statement
PROJECT NARRATIVE
One in eight people in the United States aged 12 years or older has hearing loss in both ears, with varied root
causes. This project will result in a new research platform that is completely open and accessible to anyone to
conduct research studies (designs and source code will be openly available on the web). It will also allow
researchers to store their data in an online hub that can be accessed by anyone to use and review the data. The
ultimate objective is to spur innovation in the development of treatments and interventions for hearing loss.
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
CFDA Code
173
DUNS Number
072021041
UEI
JDKYAKDT4TT6
Project Start Date
01-January-2024
Project End Date
31-December-2027
Budget Start Date
01-January-2025
Budget End Date
31-December-2025
Project Funding Information for 2025
Total Funding
$1,174,451
Direct Costs
$701,932
Indirect Costs
$395,686
Year
Funding IC
FY Total Cost by IC
2025
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
$1,174,451
Year
Funding IC
FY Total Cost by IC
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