[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 54 (Thursday, March 20, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 13387]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-7016]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Universal Newborn Hearing Ad Hoc Group; Teleconference Meetings
The National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) of the Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following
meetings.
Name: Teleconference meetings of the Ad Hoc Group for Universal
Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS).
Times and Dates: 2 p.m.-3 p.m., April 1, 1997; 2 p.m.-3 p.m.,
May 6, 1997; 2 p.m.-3 p.m., June 3, 1997; 2 p.m.-3 p.m., July 1,
1997; 2 p.m.-3 p.m., August 5, 1997; 2 p.m.-3 p.m., September 2,
1997.
Place: National Center for Environmental Health, Division of
Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities (DBDDD), 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
UNHS. All participants in the monthly conference calls are, by
definition, members of the Ad Hoc Group for Universal Newborn
Hearing Screening. Persons wishing to participate must E-mail or fax
their request 1 week prior to the scheduled teleconference date. The
e-mail address is [email protected]; the fax number is 770/488-7361.
Participants will be notified of the toll-free teleconference phone
number and a caller code. Each participant will have the
responsibility to call in to connect to the conference call. The
conference bridge number is limited to 238 callers.
Purpose: This meeting will provide a forum for persons
associated with UNHS 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 of
Disability and Health, NCEH, (pending approval); in consultation
with 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 newborn hearing screening.
Suggestions and feedback are invited by conference call
planners. Participants requesting to be on the agenda or wishing to
make written comments can send their requests or comments to the E-
mail address or fax number noted above.
Matters Discussed: Topics to be discussed during the meetings
include progress on State and National activities to implement UNHS;
progress on establishing State and National data systems on UNHS;
and guidelines for establishing screening, diagnosis, and
intervention protocols.
For further information contact: June Holstrum, DBDDD, NCEH,
CDC, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, M/S F-15, Atlanta, Georgia 30341,
telephone 770/488-7401, fax 770/488-7361.
Dated: March 14, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-7016 Filed 3-19-97; 8:45 am]
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