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The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) recently issued a new strategic plan that describes the institute's scientific priorities over the next five years. Developed in collaboration with informed stakeholders, the 2023-2027 NIDCD Strategic Plan: Advancing the Science of Communication to Improve Lives creates a unified vision to stimulate discoveries in basic research, model systems, innovative technologies, individualized treatment approaches, scientific data sharing, and translation of research findings into clinical practice. To further accelerate scientific discoveries, the institute encourages collaborations and information sharing among interdisciplinary teams conducting research in these priority areas, and advocates for the utilization of biomedical databases to share scientific findings. NIDCD also welcomes investigator-driven applications that capitalize on advances in basic research to better understand normal and disordered processes; develop or improve model systems to inform research; or facilitate the use of biomedical data utilizing best practices. Through these efforts, NIDCD will continue to conduct and support research that improves the quality of life for the millions of American impacted by conditions affecting hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, or language.
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National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (U.S.) , Qualidade de Vida , Estados Unidos , Fala , AudiçãoAssuntos
American Speech-Language-Hearing Association , Percepção Auditiva/fisiologia , Encéfalo/fisiopatologia , Congressos como Assunto , Percepção da Fala/fisiologia , Córtex Cerebral/fisiologia , Córtex Cerebral/fisiopatologia , Criança , Dominância Cerebral/fisiologia , Humanos , Transtornos do Desenvolvimento da Linguagem/fisiopatologia , Transtornos do Desenvolvimento da Linguagem/terapia , National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (U.S.) , Rede Nervosa/fisiologia , Plasticidade Neuronal/fisiologia , Projetos de Pesquisa , Apoio à Pesquisa como Assunto , Estados Unidos , Comportamento Verbal/fisiologiaAssuntos
Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde/tendências , Testes Auditivos/tendências , Programas de Rastreamento/tendências , Presbiacusia/epidemiologia , Adulto , Idoso , Estudos Transversais , Previsões , Auxiliares de Audição/tendências , Humanos , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (U.S.)/tendências , Presbiacusia/reabilitação , Apoio à Pesquisa como Assunto/tendências , Estados UnidosAssuntos
Correção de Deficiência Auditiva/economia , Acessibilidade aos Serviços de Saúde/economia , Perda Auditiva/economia , Adulto , Idoso , Análise Custo-Benefício/tendências , Atenção à Saúde/economia , Feminino , Financiamento Governamental/tendências , Financiamento Pessoal/economia , Reforma dos Serviços de Saúde/economia , Promoção da Saúde/economia , Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde/economia , Necessidades e Demandas de Serviços de Saúde/tendências , Disparidades em Assistência à Saúde/economia , Auxiliares de Audição/economia , Perda Auditiva/prevenção & controle , Perda Auditiva/terapia , Testes Auditivos/economia , Humanos , Masculino , Programas de Rastreamento/economia , Pessoa de Meia-Idade , National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (U.S.) , Pesquisa/economia , Estados UnidosRESUMO
PURPOSE: The aims of this article are twofold: (a) to offer a set of recommended measures that can be used for evaluating the efficacy of interventions that target spoken language acquisition as part of treatment research studies or for use in applied settings and (b) to propose and define a common terminology for describing levels of spoken language ability in the expressive modality and to set benchmarks for determining a child's language level in order to establish a framework for comparing outcomes across intervention studies. METHOD: The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders assembled a group of researchers with interests and experience in the study of language development and disorders in young children with autism spectrum disorders. The group worked for 18 months through a series of conference calls and correspondence, culminating in a meeting held in December 2007 to achieve consensus on these aims. RESULTS: The authors recommend moving away from using the term functional speech, replacing it with a developmental framework. Rather, they recommend multiple sources of information to define language phases, including natural language samples, parent report, and standardized measures. They also provide guidelines and objective criteria for defining children's spoken language expression in three major phases that correspond to developmental levels between 12 and 48 months of age.