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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, HHS

Mission statement:

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) 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.

Contact Information:

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, NIH, HHS
31 Center Drive, MSC 2320
Bethesda MD 20892-2320

Internet address: http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/

Phone number(s):

(301) 402-0252 (TTY)
(301) 496-7243 (Information Office)
(800) 241-1044 Information Center
(800) 241-1055 TTY: Information Center

Fax number:

(301) 402-0018

Related topics:

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• AUTISM
• CAPTIONING / CLOSED CAPTIONING
• COMMUNICATION DISORDERS
• DEAFNESS AND HEARING LOSS
• DISABILITIES
• DIZZINESS / BALANCE / VESTIBULAR DISORDERS
• DYSPHAGIA
• EAR, NOSE, AND THROAT CONDITIONS/ENT
• HEARING IMPAIRMENT
• HEARING LOSS
• LANGUAGE DISORDERS
• MENIERE'S DISEASE
• RELAY SERVICES
• RESEARCH
• SPANISH LANGUAGE MATERIALS
• SPEECH DISORDERS
• STUTTERING
• SWALLOWING / DYSPHAGIA
• TINNITUS
• TOURETTE SYNDROME

NWHIC record number O-69