Page:United States Statutes at Large Volume 102 Part 4.djvu/80

 102 STAT. 3050 Research and development.

PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988 "(3) research into prevention, and early detection and diagnosis, of hearing loss and speech and langu£^e disturbances (including stuttering) and research into preventing the effects of such disorders on learning and learning disabilities with extension of programs for appropriate referral and rehabilitation; "(4) research into the detection, treatment, and prevention of disorders of hearing and other communication processes in the growing elderly population with extension of rehabilitative programs to ensure continued effective communication skills in such population; "(5) research to expand knowledge of the effects of environmental agents that influence hearing or other communication processes; and "(6) developing and facilitating intramural programs on clinical and fundamental aspects of disorders of hearing and all other communication processes. "DATA SYSTEM AND INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE

42 USC 285m-2.

"SEC. 464B. (a) The Director of the Institute shall establish a National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Data System for the collection, storage, analysis, retrieval, and dissemination of data derived from patient populations with disorders of hearing or other communication processes, including where possible, data involving general populations for the purpose of identifying individuals at risk of developing such disorders. db) The Director of the Institute shall establish a National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders Information Clearinghouse to facilitate and enhance, through the effective dissemination of information, knowledge and understanding of disorders of hearing and other communication processes by health professionals, patients, industry, and the public. "MULTIPURPOSE DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS CENTER

42 USC 285m-3.

"SEC. 464C. (a) The Director of the Institute shall, after consultation with the advisory council for the Institute, provide for the development, modernization, and operation (including care required for research) of new and existing centers for studies of disorders of hearing and other communication processes. For purposes of this section, the term 'modernization' means the alteration, remodeling, improvement, expansion, and repair of existing buildings and the provision of equipment for such buildings to the extent necessary to make them suitable for use as centers described in the preceding sentence. "(b) Each center assisted under this section shall— "(1) use the facilities of a single institution or a consortium of cooperating institutions; and "(2) meet such qualifications as may be prescribed by the Secretary. "(c) Each center assisted under this section shall, at least, conduct— "(1) basic and clinical research into the cause, diagnosis, early detection, prevention, control and treatment of disorders of hearing and other communication processes and complications resulting from such disorders, including research into rehabili-

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