Request for proposals for Hearing Industry Research Consortium 2016: Auditory Ecology (Niels Henrik Pontoppidan )

Subject: Request for proposals for Hearing Industry Research Consortium 2016: Auditory Ecology From: Niels Henrik Pontoppidan <npon@xxxxxxxx> Date: Fri, 17 Jun 2016 10:51:40 +0000 List-Archive:<http://lists.mcgill.ca/scripts/wa.exe?LIST=AUDITORY> --_000_ED0205C567C83F45AD624CCED5AED2AD7B672351KBNMXEXC12Deman_ Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Dear colleagues The Hearing Industry Research Consortium<http://www.hearingirc.com/> just a= nnounced the 2016 Request for Proposals. The deadline for proposals is Augu= st 21, 2016, and decisions will be announced by December 31, 2016. Since 2012 the hearing industry's largest manufacturers have collaborated t= o sponsor a non-competitive, mutually agreed upon research agenda benefitti= ng the hearing aid industry, its customers, and end users. The framework fo= r this collaboration is the Hearing Industry Research Consortium (IRC). The focus of this RFP is Auditory Ecology, a concept introduced by Gatehous= e (1999) to describe the relationship between the acoustic environments exp= erienced in everyday life and the perceptual demands of different individua= ls in these environments. Gatehouse found that individuals with more divers= e auditory lifestyles had a stronger preference for more sophisticated sign= al processing strategies. Research that seeks to develop tools for characte= rizing auditory lifestyles and relates these to the effects of signal proce= ssing would be of benefit to the hearing-aid industry. The Hearing Industry Research Consortium members are: Andrew Dittberner, GN Sridhar Kalluri, Starkey Ole Fogh Olsen, Oticon Joel Beilin, Sivantos Morten Jepsen, WIDEX Stefan Launer, Phonak Read the RFP document and find the grant application form at the http://www= .hearingirc.com/ website. On behalf of the Hearing IRC members Niels, alternate member Oticon --_000_ED0205C567C83F45AD624CCED5AED2AD7B672351KBNMXEXC12Deman_ Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <html xmlns:v=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:vml" xmlns:o=3D"urn:schemas-micr= osoft-com:office:office" xmlns:w=3D"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:word" = xmlns:m=3D"http://schemas.microsoft.com/office/2004/12/omml" xmlns=3D"http:= //www.w3.org/TR/REC-html40"> <head> <meta http-equiv=3D"Content-Type" content=3D"text/html; charset=3Dus-ascii"= > <meta name=3D"Generator" content=3D"Microsoft Word 15 (filtered medium)"> <style></style> </head> <body lang=3D"EN-GB" link=3D"#0563C1" vlink=3D"#954F72"> <div class=3D"WordSection1"> Dear colleagues<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The <a href=3D"http://www.hearingirc.com/"> Hearing Industry Research Consortium</a> just announced the 2016 Request fo= r Proposals. The deadline for proposals is August 21, 2016, and decisions w= ill be announced by December 31, 2016.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Since 2012 the hearing industry’s largest manufactur= ers have collaborated to sponsor a non-competitive, mutually agreed upon re= search agenda benefitting the hearing aid industry, its customers, and end users. The framework for this collaboration is the Hearing Industr= y Research Consortium (IRC).<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The focus of this RFP is Auditory Ecology, a concept intro= duced by Gatehouse (1999) to describe the relationship between the acoustic= environments experienced in everyday life and the perceptual demands of different individuals in these environments. Gatehouse found th= at individuals with more diverse auditory lifestyles had a stronger prefere= nce for more sophisticated signal processing strategies. Research that seek= s to develop tools for characterizing auditory lifestyles and relates these to the effects of signal processing = would be of benefit to the hearing-aid industry.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> The Hearing Industry Research Consortium members are:<o:p>= </o:p> Andrew Dittberner, GN<o:p></o:p> Sridhar Kalluri, Starkey<o:p></o:p>= Ole Fogh Olsen, Oticon<o:p></o:p> Joel Beilin, Sivantos<o:p></o:p> Morten Jepsen, WIDEX<o:p></o:p> Stefan Launer, Phonak<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> Read the RFP document and find the grant application f= orm at the <a href=3D"http://www.hearingirc.com/">http://www.hearingirc.com/</a> webs= ite.<o:p></o:p> <o:p> </o:p> On behalf of the Hearing IRC members<o:p></o:p> Niels, alternate member Oticon<o:p></o:p> </div> </body> </html> --_000_ED0205C567C83F45AD624CCED5AED2AD7B672351KBNMXEXC12Deman_--

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