[ETTN (10) Roster]

This small business study section (ETTN E10) include developing new monitoring devices (amplifiers, electrodes) and analyses tools for EEG and related signals (ERPs) for applications in the fields of epilepsy, sleep disorders, neurological critical care, and some other miscellaneous applications such as cognitive alterations. New applications of imaging methodologies and ancillary tools for diagnostics and research applications are also reviewed in this study section.  Implantable electrodes and various aspects of neuroprosthetics devices (new arrays, telemetry, external power, etc.) and their clinical and research applications are also covered. The study section also reviews applications related to monitoring and interventional tools for the neurovascular defects (such as aneurysms), stroke, and ICP monitoring.  This study section also reviews applications dealing with the auditory system and hearing, including enhancing hearing of impaired individuals, diagnostic audiometry and devices or processes related to the neurobiology of the auditory system.  Specific areas covered include:

• Ways to improve prosthetic limbs (comfort, fit, control).
• Improved detection and treatment of stroke patients.
• Improved detection of traumatic brain injuries, especially mild to moderate ones that     may go undetected in the “field”.
• Improved ability to detect and treat seizures, by improving the electrode placement or improving the capability for a non-neurologist to do it in the emergency room.
• Methods to improve and detect sleep disorders.
• Development of auditory devices to allow better hearing in noisy environments to cochlear implants to improve hearing.
  
  

Study sections with most closely related areas of similar science listed in rank order are:

SSMI(10) - Small Business: Biomedical Devices and Bioengineering 
SBMI(10) - Small Business: Medical Imaging 
ETTN(13) - Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Neurobiological Small Business Applications