Abstract:  Many labs on Purdue’s campus, whether they study hearing directly or not, run (or wish they could run) basic auditory diagnostics to ensure their research participants have appropriate hearing profiles for the study. This data, however, is often not used beyond establishing a subject's inclusion in a study and each lab’s test battery may lack standardization or may be incomplete due to resource limitations. To address these problems, the Audiology Research Diagnostics Core (ARDC) was designed to optimize the collection of high-quality audiologic data and to reduce the barrier-to-entry for hearing evaluations (e.g., in non-auditory labs). Not only does the ARDC function as a core facility to facilitate comprehensive hearing evaluations, but it drives the Audiology Research Diagnostics Core Repository (ARDCR). The ARDCR will include data collected in the ARDC as well as across other hearing labs on campus to accumulate large scale datasets for future analyses. We will demonstrate how the ARDCR can also be used by Purdue researchers to recruit participants with specified profiles of hearing, along with the current structure and formatting of this data. As the ARDC is in its early stages, we will continue a discussion about how labs can best engage with the ARDC and solicit feedback regarding ARDC logistics. Visit https://engineering.purdue.edu/TPAN/hearing/ardc for more information.

This year’s SHRP schedule is available here: https://purdue.edu/TPAN/hearing/shrp_schedule

Titles and abstracts of all SHRP talks are here: https://purdue.edu/TPAN/hearing/shrp_abstracts