National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

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The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders is a U.S. federal research institute that leads scientific efforts to understand, prevent, and treat hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language disorders.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf National Institutes of Health institute
U.S. federal research institute
medical research organization
abbreviation NIDCD
country United States
employerOf clinicians
medical researchers
public health professionals
scientists
fieldOfWork audiology
balance disorders
communication sciences
hearing disorders
language disorders
neuroscience
otolaryngology
smell disorders
speech disorders
taste disorders
voice disorders
focusesOn improving quality of life for people with communication disorders
foundedBy United States Congress
fundingSource U.S. federal government
headquartersLocation Bethesda, Maryland
jurisdiction Federal government of the United States
languageOfWorkOrName English
locatedIn Bethesda, Maryland
mission to lead scientific efforts to understand hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language
to prevent hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language disorders
to treat hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language disorders
offers fellowships
research grants
training grants
parentOrganization National Institutes of Health
U.S. Department of Health and Human Services
partOf National Institutes of Health
researchFocus basic research on sensory systems
clinical research on communication disorders
cochlear implants
epidemiology of hearing loss
gustation
language development
olfaction
tinnitus
voice and speech production
sector public health research
website https://www.nidcd.nih.gov

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