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{{short description|Member of the U.S. National Institutes of Health}} {{Infobox government agency | name = Editing National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) | logo = US-NIH-NIDCD-Logo.svg | formed = {{start date and age|1988}} | jurisdiction = [[Federal Government of the United States]] | employees = | budget = | chief1_name = Dr. [[Debara L. Tucci]] | chief1_position = Director | chief2_name = | chief2_position = | chief3_name = | chief3_position = | chief4_name = | chief4_position = | chief5_name = | chief5_position = | chief6_name = | chief6_position = | chief7_name = | chief7_position = | chief8_name = | chief8_position = | chief9_name = | chief9_position = | parent_department = [[Department of Health and Human Services]] | parent_agency = [[National Institutes of Health]] | website = {{URL|https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/}} }}The '''National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders''' ('''NIDCD'''), a member of the [[U.S. National Institutes of Health]], is mandated to conduct and support biomedical and behavioral research and research training in the normal and disordered processes of [[Hearing (sense)|hearing]], [[Balance (ability)|balance]], [[olfaction|smell]], [[taste]], [[Human voice|voice]], [[Speech communication|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. On September 3, 2019, [[Debara L. Tucci]] became NIDCD director.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://corporate.dukehealth.org/news-listing/duke-surgeon-direct-nih-institute-deafness-and-communication-disorders|title=Duke Surgeon to Direct NIH Institute for Deafness and Communication Disorders {{!}} Duke Health|website=corporate.dukehealth.org|date=2 May 2019 |access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/about/history|title=NIDCD History and Milestones|date=2015-08-18|website=NIDCD|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref> She is the first woman to be appointed to the role since the founding of the institution in 1988.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.nidcd.nih.gov/about/staff/debara-tucci|title=Debara L. Tucci, M.D., M.S., M.B.A.|date=2019-09-03|website=NIDCD|language=en|access-date=2020-01-21}}</ref> Differing from some other institutes, in 1999 the NIDCD discontinued the Multi-Purpose Research and Training Center funding mechanism (large center grants) for the entire institute focusing instead on single-project research awards (R01's). == Past directors == Past directors from 1988 - present<ref>{{cite web|title=NIDCD Directors|url=https://www.nih.gov/about-nih/what-we-do/nih-almanac/national-institute-deafness-other-communication-disorders-nidcd|website=www.nih.gov|date=9 July 2015 }}</ref> {| class=wikitable style="text-align:center" |- !Director !Took office !Left office |- |Jay Moskowitz (acting) |October 31, 1988 |February 10, 1990 |- |James B. Snow, Jr. |February 11, 1990 |September 15, 1997 |- |James F. Battey, Jr. |February 10, 1998 |May 31, 2018 |- |[[Judith A. Cooper]] (acting) |June 1, 2018 |September 2, 2019 |- |[[Debara L. Tucci]] |September 3, 2019 |Present |- |} == References == {{reflist}} == External links == * {{Commons category-inline}} * {{Official website}} * {{OL author}} {{National Institutes of Health}} {{authority control}} [[Category:National Institutes of Health|Deafness]] [[Category:Deafness organizations in the United States]] [[Category:Medical research institutes in the United States]] [[Category:1988 establishments in the United States]] {{US-gov-stub}}