National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

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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.

External links

NIDCD website

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