USDOE Human Subjects Research Database, fiscal year 1995

Sandia National Laboratories

Project Identifier: SNL-95-06

Project Title:

Acoustic Data Acquisition From Human Subjects

Principle Investigator: Ms. Ann M. Bouchard

Project started in: 1995

Fiscal Year 1995 Funding for Research on Human Subjects:

Project Funding Information:
Project received funding in Fiscal Year 1995.
Project did not use human subjects in Fiscal Year 1995.

Explanation:

Equipment for acquiring data from humans needs to be designed and built, and this task is not yet completed.

Funding Sources:

DOE: Defense Programs

Amount: $500 (Est.)

Information on Use of Human Subjects:

Project does not involve use of multiple protocols/subprojects.

IRB Review:
Type of Review: Expedited
Most Recent Approval: May 31, 1995

Number of Human Subjects in the Last Reporting Period for this Project: 0
(Reporting periods vary.)

Type of Human Subjects Involvement:

Instrument/Device/Product Testing or Man-Machine Studies:

Use of human subjects to develop/test instruments, materials, devices, or objects.

(a. Objectives, b. Methodology, c. Ionizing Radiation, Radioactive Substances, or Chemical Substances to which human subjects are exposed, d. Involvement of Human Subjects [d.1. procedures used, d.2. risks if any])

Objective of this project is to reduce to practice a Sandia National Laboratories (SNL) invention. Details on the invention are considered to be proprietary information that will be made available to the public after a patent application is filed. As many as 100 SNL employees will be accepted as volunteer subjects. They will be subjected to sound in a frequency range from 20 Hertz (Hz) to 50 kilohertz (kHz), and will provide speech samples to a modified telephone handset. All acoustic signal levels will be comparable to or less than typical telephone volume levels. There are no known risks to the human subjects.