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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders



The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), a member of the U.S. National Institutes of Health, is mandated to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research training in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language. The Institute also conducts and supports research and research training related to disease prevention and health promotion; addresses special biomedical and behavioral problems associated with people who have communication impairments or disorders; and supports efforts to create devices which substitute for lost and impaired sensory and communication function.

The current director of the NIDCD is Dr. James F. Battey Jr. Dr. Battey is a Cal Tech graduate with PhD and an Md from Stanford.

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National Institutes of Health
InstitutesNational Cancer Institute • National Eye Institute • National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute • National Human Genome Research Institute • National Institute on Aging • National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism • National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases • National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases • National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering • National Institute of Child Health and Human Development • National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders • National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research • National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases • National Institute on Drug Abuse • National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences • National Institute of General Medical Sciences • National Institute of Mental Health • National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke • National Institute of Nursing Research • National Library of Medicine • National Cancer Institute of Canada
CentersCenter for Information Technology • Center for Scientific Review • John E. Fogarty International Center • National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine • National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities • National Center for Research Resources • Quality Assurance Review Center • Warren Grant Magnuson Clinical Center • Radiological Physics Center
RelatedUnited States Public Health Service • National Institutes of Health Director's Pioneer Award
 
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