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Conducts, fosters, and supports research and research training on the causes, prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of deafness and other communication disorders through: (a) intramural, collaborative, and field research in its own laboratories, branches, and clinics, and through contracts; (b) research grants to scientific institutions and to individuals; (c) individual and institutional research training awards to increase trained professional research personnel in the fields of deafness and other communication disorders; and (d) cooperation with various agencies in collecting and disseminating educational and informational material related to deafness and other communication disorders.