Notice Number: NOT-OD-05-018

Key Dates
Release Date: December 16, 2004

This notice is to inform applicants that the research objectives of the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) have been added to PAR-05-026.

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), http://www.nidcd.nih.gov, supports basic and clinical biomedical and behavioral research in the communication sciences of hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language. In April of 2004, the NIDCD sponsored a workshop on Translational Research in Hearing and Balance. Recommendations focusing on emergence into clinical practice included the need to increase dissemination of research evidence (i.e., promote systematic reviews of evidence, identify evidence needs in priority areas), promote the use of participatory research methods (i.e., alignments with advocacy groups), and continue to support research in health communication. The minutes from that workshop are available: (http://www.nidcd.nih.gov/funding/programs/tr/trminutes.asp).

NIDCD participation in this program announcement is an effort to be responsive to the workshop recommendations. NIDCD is interested in research projects in hearing, balance, smell, taste, voice, speech and language that include community participation. Examples of such studies include:

• Development of tools to translate NIDCD research findings to special populations or underserved or underrepresented populations.

• Development or enhancement of CBRP processes (e.g. issues of consent, IRB processes, development of new community-researcher partnerships) in NIDCD supported areas.

• Exploration of community influences on individuals with deafness and other communication disorders and their adaptation to the disorder and habilitation/rehabilitation.

• Exploration of approaches to increase the recruitment and retention of women, minorities and those with deafness and other communication disorders in NIDCD supported research.

• Development and evaluation of methods to improve implementation of prevention and health promotion strategies by a wide range of organizations, agencies, institutions, health care professionals and providers, and others in the community.

Inquiries

Direct inquiries to:

Amy M. Donahue, Ph.D.
Acting Chief, Translational Research Branch
NIDCD
6120 Executive Boulevard, EPS Room 400C, MSC 7180
Bethesda, MD 20892-7180
Telephone: (301) 402-3458
FAX: (301) 402-6251
Email: donahuea@nidcd.nih.gov

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