National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD)
Description:
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), part of the National Institutes of Health (NIH), conducts and supports research in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language.
The NIDCD's mandate to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research planning documents.