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Machine learning algorithm to improve performance of hearing aids and cochlear implants in reverberant environments

Machine learning algorithm to improve performance of hearing aids and cochlear implants in reverberant environments

Unmet Need In the US, nearly 30 million adults require assistive hearing technology such as hearing aids and cochlear implants. Even with assistive devices, hearing impaired individuals have particular trouble with speech recognition in reverberant…

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Universal Antibodies Effective Against Both Influenza A and B

Universal Antibodies Effective Against Both Influenza A and B

Unmet Need Distinct influenza A and B viruses (IAV and IBV) circulate in human populations, causing significant widespread morbidity. Antibodies (Abs) that bind epitopes conserved in both IAV and IBV hemagglutinins (HAs) could protect against…

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Transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for focal hand dystonia

Transcranial magnetic stimulation treatment for focal hand dystonia

Unmet Need Focal hand dystonia (FHD) is an involuntary movement disorder that occurs in an estimated 15 out of 1 million people. It causes sustained or intermittent muscle contractions that make it painful for people…

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3D Sensing System with Automated Data Output for Objective Cervical Dystonia Diagnosis and Treatment Monitoring

3D Sensing System with Automated Data Output for Objective Cervical Dystonia Diagnosis and Treatment Monitoring

Unmet Need Cervical dystonia is a neurological disorder affecting about 60,000 people in the United States, characterized by abnormal postures, tremor, pain, and spasms of the neck muscles. Current measurements of cervical dystonia rely on…

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Dementia Care Basics (DCB) 3 part video series

Dementia Care Basics (DCB) 3 part video series

Description A series of educational learning activities aimed to teach healthcare personnel strategies for engaging with people living with dementia, so as to minimze the development of challenging or disruptive behaviors. View the self-paced 3…

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ClinVar: Determining the factors influencing cardiomyopathy-associated gene variant call evolution

ClinVar: Determining the factors influencing cardiomyopathy-associated gene variant call evolution

Description ClinVar is a freely accessible, public archive of reports of human variations classified for diseases and drug responses, with supporting evidence. ClinVar thus facilitates access to and communication about the relationships asserted between human…

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Screening tools for separately measuring fear avoidance, negative pain coping, and negative mood in patients suffering from musculoskeletal pain

Screening tools for separately measuring fear avoidance, negative pain coping, and negative mood in patients suffering from musculoskeletal pain

Unmet Need Chronic musculoskeletal (MSK) pain affects approximately 1.75 billion people globally. Chronic MSK pain is especially common and costly, affecting 25% of the US population and 18% in Europe. If not adequately treated, patients…

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Method to identify and design activation domains of plant transcription factors

Method to identify and design activation domains of plant transcription factors

Unmet Need The rise in the human population and a changing climate have placed increased strain upon the agricultural sector to produce high quality and high yield crops. This has led for a push to…

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Ultra-wideband transparent conductive electrode for solar and radiation heat management

Ultra-wideband transparent conductive electrode for solar and radiation heat management

Unmet Need In the United States, 37% of electricity consumption is attributable to residential use with a sizeable portion of that electricity going towards heating and cooling applications (15% of national energy consumption goes towards…

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A dual-mode device for energy saving of building

A dual-mode device for energy saving of building

Unmet Need Buildings account for over 30% of energy consumption and about 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions. 48% of a building’s energy consumption can be accounted to heating and cooling needs, and this is…

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The Chronic Overlapping Pain Condition Screener

The Chronic Overlapping Pain Condition Screener

Unmet Need Ten Chronic Overlapping Pain Conditions (COPCs) are currently recognized by the National Institutes of Health Pain Consortium (eg, irritable bowel syndrome, chronic migraine headache, and chronic low back pain). These conditions affect millions…

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T3: A tool for trainee progress tracking, evaluation, and assessment

T3: A tool for trainee progress tracking, evaluation, and assessment

Overview T3 is a web-based application conceived and developed by the Office of Biomedical Graduate Education (OBGE) that documents and monitors training progress of students enrolled in Duke SoM biomedical research PhD programs. Purpose T3…

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