Feature Stories
Working Group Asks How to Make Hearing Health Care More Affordable, Accessible for Adults with Hearing Loss
A three-day working group meeting sponsored by NIDCD explores how to make hearing health care more accessible and affordable for adults with mild to moderate hearing loss. Read More
Tinnitus—the Noise in Your Head that Won’t Go Away
More than 40 scientific researchers from the tinnitus and neural prosthesis communities gather on the NIH campus for a two-day workshop to brainstorm about the possibilities for developing devices to treat tinnitus. Read More
Recent Research and News
Four NIDCD Smell Grantees Receive Awards for Highly Innovative and High Impact Research
Four researchers who have received funding from the NIDCD are selected by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) as recipients of either the 2009 NIH Director's Pioneer Award or New Innovator Award. Read More
A Genetic Hunt Turns Up Deafness-Causing Mutation in a Gene Associated with Cancer
An international group of researchers find three mutations responsible for a form of hereditary deafness in a gene that is implicated in cancer. Read more
How Sensitive to Sweet Are You? New Taste Study Says Your Ability to Decipher ‘Sweet’ Relies Heavily on Two Letters in Your Genetic Code
New research finds that our ability to detect sweetness not only depends on the taste receptors occupying our taste buds, but it also has a lot to do with two small bits of DNA hiding in our genetic code that regulate sweet taste receptor levels. Read More
When the Noise Gets Too Loud, a Special Protein Helps Patch Up Inner Ear Damage
Excessive exposure to loud noise can have a devastating effect on the sensory cells in your inner ear. A new study of a knock-out animal model provides fresh insights into how noise damages the inner ear and how that damage can be repaired. Read More
NIDCD Highlights
Collins Meets Professional and Advocacy Groups at NIH
NIH Director Francis S. Collins, M.D., Ph.D., met with representatives of professional societies and disease and patient advocacy organizations in a town hall meeting held at NIH. More than 200 organizations participated in the dialogue with the newly minted director. Read More
Noisy Planet Campaign Cultivates Partnership with 4-H
Plows, combines, tractors, and even some farm animals can create a noisy environment that puts a person’s hearing at risk. The Noisy Planet campaign is partnering with 4-H to help spread the Noisy Planet preventive message to parents and tweens who live on a farm. Read More
Planning for Healthy People 2020
The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) is seeking public input from communities across the country on the proposed Healthy People 2020 objectives. Read More
Grants News
Major Changes to NIH Grant Applications
As part of the Enhancing Peer Review initiative, applications due on or after January 25, 2010, are required to download the new application forms, and follow new instructions—including shorter page limits and restructured application packages. Read more.
NIDCD Grantee Receives NIH Challenge Grant
A professor at the University of Iowa has received an NIH Challenge Grant to conduct research on the use of a hybrid cochlear implant designed to preserve acoustic low-frequency hearing while allowing high-frequency sounds to be processed electrically in the same ear. Read more.
New Widget Helps You Find NIDCD Projects Funded by ARRA
Finding a list of all projects funded through NIDCD's portion of American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) funds is as easy as a single click. Read more.
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