Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Teleconference meetings

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Teleconference meetings

The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following bi-

monthly meetings.

Name: Teleconference meetings of the Ad Hoc Group for Early

Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI).

Times and Dates: 2 p.m.-3 p.m., May 5, 1998; 2 p.m.-3 p.m., July

7, 1998; 2 p.m.-3 p.m., September 1, 1998; 2 p.m.-3 p.m., November

3, 1998; 2 p.m.-3 p.m., January 5, 1999' 2 p.m.-3 p.m., March 2,

1999.

Place: National Center for Environmental Health, Division of

Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, Room 2103A, Building

101, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, telephone 770/

488-7400.

Status: Open for participation by anyone with an interest in

EHDI. All participants in the bi-monthly conference calls are, by

definition, members of the Ad Hoc Group for Early Hearing Detection

and Intervention. Persons wishing to participate must e-mail

([email protected]) or fax (770/488-7361) their request. Within one week

of each teleconference, participants will be notified of the toll-

free teleconference phone number, a caller code and the agenda. Each

participant will have the responsibility to call in to connect to

the conference call.

Purpose: This meeting will provide a forum for persons

associated with EHDI programs to report and review relevant

activities. Each conference call will be comprised of a series of

scheduled presentations. Each presentation will be followed by a

brief question and answer period. The agenda for the conference call

will be determined by the Division of Birth Defects and

Developmental Disabilities in collaboration with the Office on

Disability and Health, NCEH; the National Institute on Deafness and

Communicative Disorders, National Institutes of Health; the Bureau

of Maternal and Child Health, Health Resources and Services

Administration; Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative

Services, Department of Education; and others interested in early

hearing detection programs. Suggestions and feedback are invited by

the conference call planners. Participants requesting to be on the

agenda or to make written comments can send their requests or

comments to the e-mail address or fax numbers noted above.

Matters to be Discussed: Topics to be discussed during the

meetings include progress on State and National activities to

implement EHDI programs; progress on establishing State and National

data systems on EHDI; and guidelines for establishing screening,

diagnosis, and intervention protocols.

Contact Person for More Information: June Holstrum, Ph.D.,

Division of Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities, NCEH, CDC,

4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S F-15, Atlanta, Georgia 30341, telephone

770/488-7401, e-mail [email protected], fax 770/488-7361.

Dated: April 21, 1998.

John C. Burckhardt,

Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office Centers for

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 98-11065 Filed 4-24-98; 8:45 am]

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