Our work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health(NIH), Industries, University Internal Awards, and Principal-Investigator Initiated:

NIH

• ACHIEVE RCT - Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders Randomized Control Trial
• ACHIEVE HIFU – Hearing Intervention Follow-Up Study, Randomized Trial of Telehealth vs. Conventional Hearing Care Delivery in the ACHIEVE Study with current hearing aid users
• ACHIEVE SAFU – Successful Aging Group Follow-Up Study, Randomized Trial of Telehealth vs. Conventional Hearing Care Delivery in the ACHIEVE Study with new hearing aid users
• ACHIEVE BHFU – Brain Health Follow-Up Study, Long-Term Effects of Hearing Intervention on Brain Health in the Aging and Cognitive Health Evaluation in Elders (ACHIEVE) randomized study– (ACHIEVE Brain Health) 
• ACHIEVE EARLHI – Early-Stage Age Related Hearing Loss Investigation: A Pilot Study to asses mechanisms linking early Age-Related Hearing Loss and Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
• Development and Assessment of Spanish-Language Toolkit for Hearing Loss Self-Management

Industry

• Otonomy - The goal of this project is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the OTO413 medication.  
• Frequency Therapeutics - The goal of this project is to evaluate the safety and efficacy of the FX322 medication

University Internal Award

• Hearing Health Knowledge, Attitudes, and Beliefs among Black Women: A Multi-method Analysis 
  • To identify knowledge gaps regarding hearing loss and hearing healthcare among Black women and to determine whether the Health Belief Model (HBM) is an appropriate framework for exploring knowledge, attitudes, and beliefs about hearing loss and hearing healthcare among Black adults, particularly women.

Principal-Investigator Initiated

• Auditory Ecology and its Relationship to Audiologic Intervention Outcomes in a Diverse Population Pilot Study
  • Pilot study to characterize auditory ecology and factors related to auditory ecology in a diverse sample and to gain insight on real-world communicative mass (e.g., speech understanding, listening effort) and how auditory ecology may influence hearing aid outcomes
• Community Pharmacies as sites for Over-the-Counter Hearing Aid Delivery; Stakeholder Opinions Pilot Study
  • The purpose of the study is to gather opinions from pharmacists, technicians, audiologists, pharmacy and audiology students, and adults with age-related hearing loss (“stakeholders”) on over-the-counter (OTC) hearing aids. We are interested in learning how we might best design a training program for pharmacies to teach them about OTC hearing aids, so that providers and staff can help adult patients with hearing loss determine if an OTC hearing aid is right for them. The research will be carried using online/phone-based interviews or focus groups with stakeholders that will meet one time and last about 1.5 to 2 hours. An approved study team member will conduct the interviews. You will be able to choose whether you want to take part in an interview or a focus group.
• Pilot Study to Evaluate the Long-term Chronic Care of Patients who could or do utilize an Osseointegrated Device (OID)
  • Based on the ACHIEVE model, the purpose of this study is to evaluate the cognitive effects of OID hearing intervention among patients who could vs. do utilize an OID
• Evaluation of Hearing Tests
  • We will evaluate several types of hearing tests among subjects with sensorineural hearing loss and normal hearing to guide clinical guidelines.
• 3 Ototoxicity Monitoring Studies: STELLAR, SWOG, and TIP
  • Chemotherapy and anti-cancer therapeutic agents may cause many adverse side effects on patients. Some of these adverse effects include peripheral neuropathy (PN), hearing loss (HL) and cognitive impairment (CI). Although the negative adverse effects are known, there is a paucity of evidence on early detection and real-time monitoring of these adverse side effects during chemotherapy treatment.