PUBLIC LAW 100-607—NOV. 4, 1988 102 STAT. 3049

"(M) The National Institute on Deafness and Other Commu-
nication Disorders.";

(2) in the heading for subpart 10 of part C, by striking "and
Communicative";

(3) in section 457— 42 use 285j.

(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:

"Subpart 13—National Institute on Deafness and Other
Communication Disorders

"PURPOSE OF THE INSTITUTE

"Ssc. 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 42 usc 285m
and training, the dissemination of health information, and other
programs with respect to disorders of hearing and other communica-
tion processes, including diseases affecting 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 use 285m-i.
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 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 hear-
ing, 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 In-
stitute shall periodically review and revise the plan and shall
transmit any revisions of the plan to the Director of NOEL
"(b) Activities under the Program shall include—

"(1) investigation into the etiology, pathology, detection, treat-
ment, 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, bio-
chemistry, bioengineering, epidemiology, genetics, immunology,
microbiology, molecular biology, the neurosciences, otolaryngol-
ogy, psychology, pharmacology, physiology, speech and lan-
guage 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 nonauditpry
prosthetic devices and other communication aids) used in diag-
nosis, treatment, rehabilitation, and prevention of disorders of
hearing and other communication processes;