[Federal Register Volume 63, Number 80 (Monday, April 27, 1998)]
[Notices]
[Page 20638]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 98-11065]


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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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