Development of Measures to Determine Successful Hearing Health Care Outcomes

by: Iola Bonggay

The National Institutes of Health, otherwise known as NIH, is a federal government agency operating within the United States Department of Health and Human Services that is largely responsible for financially supporting all of the country's health-related and biomedical research studies.

The programs and grants of the NIH are all geared towards the achievement of its overall agency mission which is to "seek fundamental knowledge about the nature and behavior of living systems and the application of that knowledge to enhance health, lengthen life, and reduce the burdens of illness and disability."

In accordance with this mission, the National Institutes of Health has recently collaborated with the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) in an attempt to constitute the Development of Measures to Determine Successful Hearing Health Care Outcomes Program.

The program essentially intends to solicit applications that seek to identify the variables that contribute to successful hearing health care outcomes in adults with hearing loss, as well as to be able to create and evaluate the clinical measures involved within those said variables.

In the context of this announcement, HHC refers to hearing health outcomes while HL refers to hearing loss. Furthermore, the initiatives associated with HHC includes hearing screening/assessment, the acquisition of an appropriate hearing aid( HA), and several other non-medical interventions for HL.

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About The Author Iola Bonggay is an editor of TopGovernmentGrants.com one the the most comprehensive Websites offering information on government grants and federal government programs. She also maintains Websites providing resources on environmental grants and grants for youth programs.

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