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Colorado Infant Hearing Advisory Committee

The Colorado Infant Hearing Advisory Committee provides recommendations to hospitals, health care institutions, the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and the public concerning, but not limited to, newborn hearing screening methodologies, guidelines for reporting and the means to assure that identified children receive referrals for appropriate follow-up services.

Colorado Infant Hearing Advisory Committee (CIHAC)

The Colorado Infant Hearing Advisory Committee (CIHAC) advises the department on issues related to newborn hearing screening in the State.

Meetings

The CIHAC meetings are held on a quarterly basis at the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment, 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver, and are held in person or by Zoom conference call. Meeting announcements and updates will be listed below, and all meetings are open to the public. If you are interested in being added to the stakeholder email list, please email leanne.glenn@state.co.us. 

The Colorado Infant Hearing Advisory Committee may temporarily convene separate subcommittees. Please see the minutes below for those subcommittee meetings.

All meetings will take place from 9:00 to 11:00 a.m. 

2025 Meeting Schedule

  • Friday, Feb. 7, 2025, remote meeting
  • Friday, May 2, 2025, remote meeting
  • Friday, Aug. 1, 2025, hybrid meeting
  • Friday, Oct. 10, 2025, remote meeting

Meeting minutes

2024

2024 HIDS NBH application Q & A Session minutes


Note: Provider feedback on data fields or provider Q & A sessions are not part of CIHAC meetings but may include CIHAC members who are also providers. Most providers who submit newborn hearing data to CDPHE and attend Q & A sessions are not CIHAC members.

2023
2023 CIHAC Bylaws Subcommittee Meeting Minutes
2023 HIDS NBH application Q & A Session minutes

Note: Provider feedback on data fields or provider Q & A sessions are not part of CIHAC meetings but may include CIHAC members who are also providers.  Most providers who submit newborn hearing data to CDPHE and attend Q & A sessions are not CIHAC members.

2022
2021
2021 HIDS Data Subcommittee Meeting Minutes
2021 PCP Access Subcommittee Meeting minutes
2020
2020 Information-gathering stakeholder meetings between CIHAC meetings due to pandemic
2020 Provider feedback on HIDS NBH application

Note: Provider feedback on data fields are not part of CIHAC meetings but may include CIHAC members who are also providers. Most providers who submit newborn hearing data to CDPHE are not CIHAC members.

2019
2019 Provider feedback on HIDS NBH application

Note: Provider feedback on data fields are not part of CIHAC meetings but may include CIHAC members who are also providers. Most providers who submit newborn hearing data to CDPHE are not CIHAC members

2018