NIDCD (National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders) is one of 27 institutes and centers operated by NIH. It has a budget of over $400 million, and conducts and supports “biomedical and behavioral research and research training in the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language”.
NIDCD is the institute within the NIH structure which provides funding support for research in augmentative and alternative communication. NIDCD provides support for training and research