Binaural Hearing and Speech Lab
Ruth Litovsky, Ph.D. – Director

Funding

Ongoing Extramural Research Support to our Lab

  • NIH NIDCD 5R01 DC019511, Litovsky (PI)                                                      12/01/2021 – 11/30/2026
    • Auditory function, cognition, language and brain structure in Down Syndrome
    • Litovsky Role: Lead Principal Investigator, (Andrew Alexander and Sigan Hartley, MPIs)
  • NIH NIDCD 5R01 DC03083 (years 16-20), Litovsky (PI)                          08/01/2016 – 07/30/2022
    • Binaural Sensitivity and Spatial Hearing in Bilateral Cochlear Implant Users
    • Litovsky Role: Principal Investigator
  • NIH NIDCD 1 R01 DC016839                                                                            05/01/2018 – 04/30/2023
    • CCI-Mobile: Signal Processing Advancements for Cochlear Implant Users in Naturalistic Environments
    • [Multi-PI grant: Litovsky, Hansen (UT Dallas) and Svirsky (NYU)]
  • NIH NIDCD R01 DC016839 S1                                                                       09/01/2020 – 08/31/2022
    • Diversity Supplement to support PhD student Jasenia Hartman.
    • [Multi-PI grant: Litovsky, Hansen (UT Dallas) and Svirsky (NYU)]
  • NIH NIDCD R01 DC016839 S2                                                                       09/01/2020 – 08/31/2022
    • Supplement to support development and  implementation of a database repository
    • [Multi-PI grant: Litovsky, Hansen (UT Dallas) and Svirsky (NYU)]
  • NIH NIDCD R13 DC018693, Litovsky (PI)                                                 07/01/2022 – 08/01/2024
    • 2022/2024 AUDITORY SYSTEM Gordon Research Conference/GRS.
    • Role: Principal Investigator

Related Ongoing Grant Activities

  • American Otological Society, Fellowship Grant for Medical Students, awarded to Gabriel Sobczak.
    • 07/01/2020-06/20/ 2021
    • Litovsky Mentor and Sponsor
  • NIH NIDCD F31 DC018716, Anderson, Sean (PI). Predoctoral fellowship.
    • 07/01/2020 – 06/30/2022
    • Litovsky Mentor and Sponsor
  • NIH-NIDA R34DA050258, Waisman Center. Planning grant titled Promoting resilience in children: protocol development for a birth cohort study to assess factors impacting neurodevelopment, 2018-present (Andrew Alexander and Doug Dean, PIs)
    • Role: Investigator
  • NIH-NICHD 5 U54 HD090256, Waisman Center Core Grant, 2016-present
  • NIH-NICHD T32 HD07489, Postdoctoral Training in Mental Retardation Research
    • Training Grant. 2005 – present (Sigan Hartley, current PI).  Litovsky Role: Training Faculty.
  • Health Resources & Services Administration, Maternal and Child Health. Leadership Education in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities (MCH LEND), 2007-present (Anne Harris, PI).
    • Litovsky Role: Faculty Advisor, Audiology