Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 4.djvu/79

 PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988

102 STAT. 3049

''(M) The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders.'^ (2) in the heading for subpart 10 of part C, by striking "and Communicative"; (3) in section 457— (A) by striking "and Communicative"; and (B) by striking "disorder, stroke/' and all that follows and inserting "and disorder and stroke."; and (4) in Part C, by adding at the end the following new subpart:

42 USC 285j.

"Subpart 13—National Institute on Deafiiess and Other Communication Disorders PURPOSE OF THE INSTITUTE

"SEC. 464. The general purpose of the National Institute on Deaf- Research and ness and Other Communication Disorders (hereafter referred to in development. this subpart as the 'Institute') is the conduct and support of research ^^ ^ ^ 2 ^ ^™ and training, the dissemination of health information, and other programs with respect to disorders of hearing and other communication processes, including diseases afiTecting hearing, balance, voice, speech, language, taste, and smell. "NATIONAL DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS PROGRAM

"SEC. 464A. (a) The Director of the Institute, with the advice of the 42 USC 285m-i. Institute's advisory council, shall establish a National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Pn^^:am (hereafter in this section referred to as the 'Program'). The Director or the Institute shall, with respect to the Program, prepare and transmit to the Director of NIH a plan to initiate, eiq>and, intensify and coordinate activities of the Institute respecting diisorders of hearing (including tinnitus) and other communication processes, including diseases affecting hearing, balance, voice, speech, language, taste, and smell. The plan shall include such comments and recommendations as the Director of the Institute determines appropriate. The Director of the Institute shall periodically review and revise the plan and shall transmit any revisions of the plan to the Director of NIH. "(b) Activities under the Program shall include— "(1) investigation into the etiology, pathology, detection, treatment^ and prevention of all forms of disorders of hearing and other communication processes, primarily through the support of basic research in such areas as anatomy, audiol(^y, biochemistiy, bioengineering, epidemiology, genetics, immunol<%y, microbiology, molecular biol(^y, the neurosciences, otolaryngology, psychology, pharmacology, physiology, speech and language pathology, and any other scientific disciplines that can contribute importemt knowledge to the understanding and elimination of disorders of hearing and other communication processes; "(2) research into the evaluation of techniques (including surgical, medical, and behavioral approaches) and devices (including hearing aids, implanted aucutory and nonauditory prosthetic devices and other communication aids) used in diagnosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of disorders of hearing and other communication processes;

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