National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
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National Institutes of Health institute
U.S. federal research institute
medical research organization
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.
Aliases (1)
- NIDCD ×1
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| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
National Institutes of Health institute
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U.S. federal research institute → medical research organization → |
| abbreviation |
NIDCD
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| country |
United States
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| employerOf |
clinicians
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medical researchers → public health professionals → scientists → |
| fieldOfWork |
audiology
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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
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| foundedBy |
United States Congress
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| fundingSource |
U.S. federal government
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| headquartersLocation |
Bethesda, Maryland
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| jurisdiction |
Federal government of the United States
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| languageOfWorkOrName |
English
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| locatedIn |
Bethesda, Maryland
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| mission |
to lead scientific efforts to understand hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language
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to prevent hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language disorders → to treat hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language disorders → |
| offers |
fellowships
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research grants → training grants → |
| parentOrganization |
National Institutes of Health
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U.S. Department of Health and Human Services → |
| partOf |
National Institutes of Health
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| researchFocus |
basic research on sensory systems
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clinical research on communication disorders → cochlear implants → epidemiology of hearing loss → gustation → language development → olfaction → tinnitus → voice and speech production → |
| sector |
public health research
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| website |
https://www.nidcd.nih.gov
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Referenced by (2)
| Subject (surface form when different) | Predicate |
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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
("NIDCD")
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National Institutes of Health
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