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[CITE: 42USC285m-1]

 
                 TITLE 42--THE PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE
 
                    CHAPTER 6A--PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE
 
              SUBCHAPTER III--NATIONAL RESEARCH INSTITUTES
 
   Part C--Specific Provisions Respecting National Research Institutes
 
   subpart 13--national institute on deafness and other communication 
                                disorders
 
Sec. 285m-1. National Deafness and Other Communication Disorders 
        Program
        
    (a) The Director of the Institute, with the advice of the 
Institute's advisory council, shall establish a National Deafness and 
Other Communication Disorders Program (hereafter in this section 
referred to as the ``Program''). The Director or \1\ the Institute 
shall, with respect to the Program, prepare and transmit to the Director 
of NIH a plan to initiate, expand, intensify and coordinate activities 
of the Institute respecting disorders 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.
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    \1\ So in original. Probably should be ``of''.
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    (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, audiology, biochemistry, 
    bioengineering, epidemiology, genetics, immunology, microbiology, 
    molecular biology, the neurosciences, otolaryngology, psychology, 
    pharmacology, physiology, speech and language pathology, and any 
    other scientific disciplines that can contribute important 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 auditory and nonauditory prosthetic devices 
    and other communication aids) used in diagnosis, treatment, 
    rehabilitation, and prevention of disorders of hearing and other 
    communication processes;
        (3) research into prevention, and early detection and diagnosis, 
    of hearing loss and speech and language 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.

(July 1, 1944, ch. 373, title IV, Sec. 464A, as added Pub. L. 100-553, 
Sec. 2(4), Oct. 28, 1988, 102 Stat. 2769, and Pub. L. 100-607, title I, 
Sec. 101(4), Nov. 4, 1988, 102 Stat. 3049; amended Pub. L. 100-690, 
title II, Sec. 2613(b)(2), Nov. 18, 1988, 102 Stat. 4238.)

                          Codification

    Pub. L. 100-553 and Pub. L. 100-607 contained identical provisions 
enacting this section. See 1988 Amendment note below.


                               Amendments

    1988--Pub. L. 100-690 amended this section to read as if the 
amendments made by Pub. L. 100-607, which enacted this section, had not 
been enacted. See Codification note above.


                    Effective Date of 1988 Amendment

    For effective date of amendment by Pub. L. 100-690, see section 
2613(b)(1) of Pub. L. 100-690, set out as an Effect of Enactment of 
Similar Provisions note under section 285m of this title.

                  Section Referred to in Other Sections

    This section is referred to in section 285m-4 of this title.
