Nittany Acoustics, LLC — Department of Defense SBIR Phase II: DHA211-001
Nittany Acoustics, LLC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Defense.
- Amount
- $1,100,000
- Agency
- Department of Defense · Defense Health Program
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- DHA211-001
- Solicitation
- 21.1
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- PA
- Period
- 2022-07-08 → 2024-11-17
Description
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.