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Congratulations to Yi Hu, associate professor, electrical engineering, who together with Christina Runge, professor in the Department of Otolaryngology & Communication Sciences at the Medical College of Wisconsin, received an exclusive license for Ascending Hearing Technologies LLC from the 51ÁÔÆæ Research Foundation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hu and Runge have developed a high-performance, personalized, convenient, low-cost Personal Sound Amplification Product (PSAP) in the form of a smartphone app, to bring improved hearing to those who desire amplification in daily life. It is an alternative to a hearing aid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

New to the marketplace, PSAPs\u2014sold over the counter and worn in the ear\u2014transmit and optimize sounds for people with mild to moderate hearing loss.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This research has been supported by a $163,946 award and a $99,731 supplement from the National Institutes of Health for a Phase I clinical trial STTR (Small Business Technology Transfer) grant for the Custom-Fit Personal Sound Amplification Smartphone App. (Originally a one-year trial, it has been extended to three years due to COVID-19.)<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The team was also selected for a $75,000 match fund from the Wisconsin Center for Technology Commercialization.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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