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N I D C D, the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders

December 3, 2007

The latest issue of Inside, the NIDCD newsletter for health professionals and the public, is now available online. Check out these new stories plus other NIDCD highlights, meetings and events, and new resources.

  • NIDCD-funded Communication Tool Gives Deaf and Hearing People Something to Talk About—Jason Curry, deaf since birth, developed the UbiDuo with two NIDCD Small Business Innovation Research grants. Read more.
  • NIDCD Director is Named First Recipient of International Scientific Organization’s Distinguished Service Award—James F. Battey, Jr., M.D., Ph.D., received the award from the Association for Chemoreception Sciences, an international body of scientists that advances understanding of the senses of taste and smell. Read more.
  • Ability to Listen to Two Things at Once is Largely Inherited, Says Twin Study—Your ability to listen to a phone message in one ear while a friend is talking into your other ear—and comprehend what both are saying—is an important communication skill that’s heavily influenced by your genes, say NIDCD researchers. Read more.

Read the whole Fall issue.

 

NIDCD supports and conducts research and research training on the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech, and language and provides health information, based upon scientific discovery, to the public. For more information about NIDCD programs, see the Web site at www.nidcd.nih.gov.

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