# A system and process to improve the satisfaction with hearing health products

> **NIH NIH R44** · INNOVATIVE DESIGN LABS, INC. · 2020 · $712,183

## Abstract

Project Summary/Abstract
Innovative Design Labs Inc. (IDL) and its collaborators, proposes to create a cloud-based system which
integrates advances and techniques from Health and Wellness Coaching (HWC) into the Hearing Aid (HA)
fitting and trial process. As of 2015, 28.8 million U.S. adults could benefit from using hearing aids and the
prevalence of hearing loss in the United States is predicted to rise significantly due to an aging population and
the growing use of personal listening devices. However, only 28.5% of individuals who could benefit from a HA
actually wears one. The non-use of hearing aids by people with hearing loss has many far-reaching
implications for their physical health, mental health, and their social life. As the market moves towards a, direct-
to-consumer distribution model following the 2017 FDA directive, more patients will be receiving therapy for
hearing loss. While in traditional practice, an audiologist assists the patient with support adjusting to their new
therapy, there is no person fulfilling that role in the direct-to-consumer model. Hypothesis: We hypothesize
that the integration of Health and Wellness Coaching, aided by cloud-based tools, into this process will
increase patients’ satisfaction and usage of hearing health products. Specific Aims: 1) Create patient/coach
interaction protocol and training; 2) Develop a cloud-based Health Coaching Interface; 3) Evaluate system
effectiveness through a clinical trial.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 10155008
- **Project number:** 1R44DC019072-01A1
- **Recipient organization:** INNOVATIVE DESIGN LABS, INC.
- **Principal Investigator:** John Paul Condon
- **Activity code:** R44 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 2020
- **Award amount:** $712,183
- **Award type:** 1
- **Project period:** 2020-09-01 → 2022-08-31

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/10155008

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 10155008, A system and process to improve the satisfaction with hearing health products (1R44DC019072-01A1). Retrieved via AI Analytics 2026-05-24 from https://api.ai-analytics.org/grant/nih/10155008. Licensed CC0.

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