[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 172 (Friday, September 5, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Page 46978]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-23578]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES


Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

    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 Early 
Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI), formerly known as the Ad 
Hoc Group for Universal Newborn Hearing Screening (UNHS).
    Times and Dates: 2 p.m.-3 p.m., October 7, 1997; 2 p.m.-3 p.m., 
November 4, 1997; 2 p.m.-3 p.m., December 2, 1997; 2 p.m.-3 p.m., 
January 6, 1998; 2 p.m.-3 p.m., February 3, 1998; 2 p.m.-3 p.m., 
March 3, 1998.
    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/
488-7401.
    Status: Open for participation by anyone with an interest in 
EHDI. All participants in the 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 or fax 
their request. The e-mail address is [email protected]; the fax number is 
770/488-7361. 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 (pending approval); 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, fax 770/488-7361.

    Dated: August 28, 1997.
Carolyn J. Russell
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 97-23578 Filed 9-4-97; 8:45 am]
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