Transcript SIUE’s role
AUDIOscreener Everest Biomedical Instruments Industry and University Cooperation Elvir Causevic President Everest Biomedical Instruments Dr. T.K. Parthasarathy Professor Department of Communication Disorders Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Dr. George L. Engel Associate Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Southern Illinois Univeristy Edwardsville Presentation Overview Auidiology and Electrical Engineering? Need for AUDIOscreener How does it work? Success story!!! Where do we go from here? Dr. George L. Engel Digital hearing aids Magnetic fingerprinting Nuclear radiation detectors Brain wave monitor Integrated fluid level detector Dr. T.K. Parthasarathy Clinical Studies Related to: Otoacoustic Emissions as a Function of Age ABR Changes as a Function of Age Clinical Validation Studies with the Hearing Screener Need for AUDIOscreener Newborn Nursery: 1 per 1000 NICU: 3 to 4 / 1000 Average Age of Detection of HI in America: 18 months to 36 months (U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, 1990) Hearing Impairment: Areas Affected Speech and Language Social and Educational Emotional and Vocational Loss of Income to Society: $2.5 billion/Year Solution Develop a Portable Screening Device: inexpensive accurate simple user-friendly How does it work? Otoacoustic Emissions Echoes/reflections from the inner ear in response to brief sounds such as clicks or tones Auditory Brainstem Response Electrical responses from the hearing nerve and the brainstem to brief sounds such as clicks or tones Success Story Successful FUR External funding for SIUE researchers Clinical trials are underway at SIUE to evaluate the overall effectiveness of the device FDA approved Device should reach marketplace within next 3 months (Elvir ????) Benefits to Participating Students Sumit Arora Rashmi Ramaprasan Nauman Mustafa Ralph Walden Randy Krohn Student projects Case studies Valuable interaction with industry Job opportunities Where do we go from here? Additional clinical studies Addition of ABR Micro-chips to reduce size and extend battery life Microchip designed at SIUE