National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
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31 Center Dr., MSC 2320 Bethesda, MD 20892-2320 MD Tel. 301-496-7243 Toll Free 800-241-1044 Fax 301-402-0018 |
Type: Government Agency
On the web:
http://www.nidcd.nih.gov
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) is dedicated to helping people with communication impairments. Founded in 1988, the agency conducts research and research training to prevent and treat disorders involving hearing, speech, language, voice, balance, smell, and taste. NIDCD also conducts research concerning the biomedical and behavioral issues related to communication diseases and disabilities. Part of the National Institutes of Health, the agency is a division of the US Department of Health and Human Services. NIDCD supports about 600 research programs from its budget of around $400 million.
Officers:
Director: James F. Battey Jr.
Chief Financial Management: Mark Rotariu
CIO: Jackie Jones
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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 Caltech graduate with PhD and an MD from Stanford.
Differing from some other institutes, in 1999 the NIDCD discontinued the Multi-Purpose Research and Training Center funding mechanism (large center grants) for the entire institute focusing instead on single-project research awards (R01's).
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