Genetics of Congenital Hearing Impairment; Workshop

[Federal Register Volume 64, Number 106 (Thursday, June 3, 1999)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29870-29871]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 99-13981]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention


Genetics of Congenital Hearing Impairment; Workshop

    The Division of Child Development, Disability, and Health (DCDDH) 
in the National Center for Environmental Health (NCEH) at the Centers 
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) announces the following 
workshop.

    Name: A workshop entitled, The Genetics of Congenital Hearing 
Impairment, jointly sponsored by the Developmental Disabilities 
Branch, DCDDH, NCEH, CDC and Gallaudet University.
    Time and Date: 8 a.m.-5 p.m., June 7, 1999.
    Place: The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, Chamblee 
Facility, Room 2201/2202, Building 102, 4770 Buford Highway, NE, 
Atlanta, Georgia 30341.
    Status: Open for participation by anyone with an interest in 
Genetics of Congenital Hearing Impairment, limited only by the space 
available. Persons wishing to participate must e-mail their request 
to higen@cdc.gov and indicate if they will attend or if they will 
participate through a conference call on Eastern time. The 
conference telephone bridge number for Federal participants is 404/
639-4100. The conference telephone bridge number for non-Federal 
participants is 800/713-1971. The Conference Code number is 486602. 
For security and confidentially purposes, participants will not be 
connected to a conference call without a valid conference code 
number. The conference name is Genetics of Congenital Hearing. If 
you have a problem during your conference, you may press *0 at 
anytime to signal the attendant. If you have questions, about the 
technical operations of the teleconference equipment please call 
404/639-7550. Each participant will have the responsibility to call 
in to connect to the conference call.
    Matters To Be Discussed: The objectives for the workshop are: 
(1) To discuss the public

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health role and significance in population-based research of the 
genetics of congenital hearing impairment, (2) to develop strategies 
for population-based study of genetics of congenital hearing 
impairment, (3) to exchange ideas on the ethical and policy 
implications of public health research in the genetics of congenital 
hearing impairment, (4) to build partnerships between federal, 
state, academic, and private organizations to address activities for 
population genetics in congenital hearing impairment.
    The workshop will provide a forum to discuss the strengths and 
limitations of several very specific study approaches that could be 
used to document the needed population-based research. We are 
particularly interested in strategies that involve collaboration 
with state-based Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) 
programs. We are particularly interested in the perspectives of 
genetic ethicist; the deaf and hard-of-hearing communities; and 
state and local participants in universal newborn hearing detection 
and intervention programs.
    Contact Persons for More Information: Kim Van Naarden, M.P.H., 
telephone 770/488-7184, or Marilyn Deal, telephone 770/488-7695, 
Division of Child Development, Disability, and Health, NCEH, CDC, 
4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mailstop F-15, Atlanta, Georgia 30341. Fax 
770/488-7361.
    The Director, Management Analysis and Services office has been 
delegated the authority to sign Federal Register notices pertaining 
to announcements of meetings and other committee management 
activities, for both the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention 
and the Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry.

    Dated: May 26, 1999.
Carolyn J. Russell,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention (CDC).
[FR Doc. 99-13981 Filed 6-2-99; 8:45 am]
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