NIDCD Supports Discoveries in Research on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders
Since its establishment in 1988, the NIDCD has supported research that has led to striking discoveries in hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language. The institute brings national attention to disorders of human communication, and contributes to biomedical and behavioral research advances that improve the lives of millions of people with communication disorders.
Advocacy in Action: How an Idea Becomes an Institute
Profiles of Pioneers Who Led the Way for the NIDCD
Geraldine Dietz Fox
Patient advocate
“You need a good pair of walking shoes”
Robert J. Ruben, M.D. Hearing researcher
“An explosion of knowledge”
Milestones
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