INNOVATIVE DESIGN LABS INC — Department of Health and Human Services SBIR Phase II: n/a
INNOVATIVE DESIGN LABS INC — SBIR Phase II award from Department of Health and Human Services.
- Amount
- $573,989
- Agency
- Department of Health and Human Services · Administration for Community Living
- Program / Phase
- SBIR · Phase II
- Topic
- n/a
- Solicitation
- HHS-2017-ACL-NIDILRR-BISB-0217
- NAICS
- —
- Place of performance
- MN
- Period
- —
Description
This project develops a system that improves communication between a patient and their audiologist, simplify the fitting and tuning process by allowing patients to remotely record their hearing aid (HA) experience via a smartphone application. Currently, only 28.5% of individuals who could benefit from a HA actually wears one. The goal of this project is to improve patient satisfaction with their HA, with the aim to increase and prolong continued use. The objectives are: (1) Develop a smartphone application and wireless interface to low-level HA functionality; (2) develop a cloud-based back-end system with a web-based audiologist interface; and (3) evaluate system with end users through a human trial.