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Much of the hospital's success in identifying and treating children with hearing loss is the result of the rapid transfer of research findings from laboratories to clinic and bedside.

Areas of Research - Clinical and Behavioral Studies of Human Communication - Hearing Aid Research Laboratory

Download and Installation Instructions

If you choose to download the SHARP program, we encourage you to register with us so that we can contact you with news of any updates to the program. To register, send an email to sharp@boystown.org.

Include the following information in the body of the email:

  • Name of Contact Person
  • Organization
  • Address
  • Daytime phone number
  • Email address of Contact Person

SHARP requires Windows 95 or later.

First, download the SHARP installation program, and save it to your hard drive. Remember where you saved it. Unzip the file, find the installation program "setup.exe" where you saved it and run it by double-clicking on it. Follow the prompts to finish the installation.