Integrated System Supporting the Research on Physiology and Pathology of Hearing

Project’s title: Integrated System Supporting the Research on Physiology and Pathology of Hearing

Project’s duration: July 2008 – June 2010

Project’s budget: 8 106 491,74 PLN

Co-financing: 6 890 517,98 PLN

The project is co-financed from the resources of Innovative Economy Operational Programme – 2.3 action

Project’s summary: Integrated System Supporting the Research on Physiology and Pathology of Hearing is the element of the long-term strategy of informatisation and virtualization of the Institute of Physiology and Pathology of Hearing’s research activity, in the field of detection, diagnosis and treatment of speech and hearing impairments.

Due to the project’s introduction the Institute is one of the most modern, and best prepared for the realization of international projects, research clinical center in the country and in Europe. The project has contributed to the increase of the Institute’s scientific potential in the area of hearing and speech screening in children and youths. In consequence, it contributes to the increase of the quality not only of scientific research led in the center, but also of the medical care in Poland.

As the result of the project, the innovative set of fixed assets and immaterial and legal values implemented in the Institute has been developed. It constitutes an integrated IT infrastructure for research projects performed by a scientific institution which will use advanced information and communication technology’s applications and services, as well as network applications.

The Integrated IT System has been implemented on the basis of new IT infrastructure located in the unit of the IPPH – the World Hearing Center (former name: International Center of Hearing and Speech). This is the innovative System, the only in the country, enabling the remote diagnostics of hearing impairments and integrated with the Health Information System. As the result of the System’s implementation it will be possible to run international research projects in the domain of detection and treatment of hearing impairments.