Proposal Title: Communicating Via the Microwave Auditory Effect Principal Investigator Name:Brian Kohn Principal Investigator Phone:505-884-2300 Firm SCIENCE & ENGINEERING ASSOC., INC. SEA Plaza 6100 Uptown Blvd NE SUITE 700 Albuquerque, NM 87110 Woman Owned: N Minority Owned: N Number of Employees: 95 Keywords: MICROWAVE HEARING RF HEARING BONE CONDUCTION THERMOELASTIC COCHLEAR MICROPHONICS Abstract: In this research program, we plan to investigate a revolutionary new form of communication based on the microwave auditory effect. This proposed communication idea satisfies the requirements for an innovative, natural interface requiring no learning or training for efficient operation and effective communications. The purpose of the program proposed here is to extend the results of a recent feasibility study, performed for the Armstrong Laboratory/OEDR. The study found that voice communications, via the microwave auditory effect, are highly feasible. In Phase I of this SBIR, we propose to investigate the range of potential applications for this radically different form of voice communication and recommend hardware and systems concepts suitable for laboratory and brassboard demonstrations to be built under Phase II. Up to Contents -47-