National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Type: Research and Development Agencies (Sub-organization) Parent organization: National Institutes of Health Top organization: Department of Health and Human Services Employees: 200 Executive: Director Budget: $485 million (Fiscal Year 2023) Address: 9000 Rockville Pike, Bethesda, MD 20892 (NIH Campus) Website: https://www.nidcd.nih.gov Creation Legislation: Public Law 100-553, 1988 (National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Act) Wikipedia: National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

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Mission NIDCD researches sensory and speech disorders to enhance prevention and treatment, improving quality of life.

Services Research Funding; Clinical Trials; Training Grants; Public Education; Health Information Dissemination

Regulations

National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
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Agency Overview
Formed	1988 (1988)
Jurisdiction	Federal Government of the United States
Agency Executive	Dr. Debara L. Tucci, Director
Parent department	Department of Health and Human Services
Parent agency	National Institutes of Health
Website
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, 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.

On September 3, 2019, Debara L. Tucci became NIDCD director. She is the first woman to be appointed to the role since the founding of the institution in 1988.

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

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

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