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An ARPA-H research program building a minimally invasive, brain-driven hearing system that works with the auditory cortex.
HEARING (Hearing Enhancement through Artificially Intelligent Neurotechnology) is an ARPA-H program that treats hearing loss as a neurological condition of the auditory cortex rather than only an ear problem. More than 70 million Americans live with hearing loss, and today's best hearing aids and implants often fail in noisy settings because they react to external sound, not to what the listener wants to hear.
The program advances three technical areas: intracortical device(s), dynamic sound modulation, and auditory read-and-write algorithms. Together they aim to adjust sound to the listener's intent, reduce background noise in real time, fill in missing sound information, and build the first minimally invasive, brain-driven hearing system.
ARPA-H expects teaming across neuroscience, otology, biomedical engineering, microelectronics, machine learning, neuromodulation, clinical audiology and regulatory science, and runs a teaming page for proposers.
Research teams that can deliver in the program's technical areas; ARPA-H anticipates multidisciplinary teams. Full eligibility rules are in the solicitation on SAM.gov.
Two-step process: a required solution summary (due June 29, 2026, 2:00 PM ET), then a full proposal (due August 14, 2026, 2:00 PM ET) for proposers who were encouraged, submitted through the ARPA-H Solutions site. Evaluation criteria are in the SAM.gov solicitation.
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An ARPA-H program to build a minimally invasive, brain-driven hearing system that works with the auditory cortex.
Intracortical devices, dynamic sound modulation, and auditory read-and-write algorithms.
Solution summaries by June 29, 2026 and full proposals by August 14, 2026 (2:00 PM ET).
No. The proposal window has closed.
Multidisciplinary teams across neuroscience, otology, biomedical engineering, microelectronics, ML, neuromodulation, audiology and regulatory science.
On SAM.gov; submissions go through the ARPA-H Solutions site.
Over 70 million Americans have hearing loss, costing more than USD 200 billion a year, and current devices struggle in noise.
Yes. It runs a teaming page where proposers share profiles.
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