Funding

Funding

Our work has been funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH), Industries, and Internal Awards supported by the University of South Florida. Listed below are a few of examples of funding mechanism (past and present).  

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 assess 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.