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National Institute on Deafness and other Communication Disorders
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Established in 1988, 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.