Colorado Infant Hearing Advisory Committee
The Colorado Infant Hearing Advisory Committee (CIHAC) 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.
The CIHAC guidelines for providers are available as a resource on the Provider Resources section of our website.
The CIHAC advises the department on issues related to newborn hearing screening in the State. They may also share information with the department on how to report data in a format that is understandable to providers and the public.
2025 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
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 (see schedule above for meeting options). 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 CIHAC 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.
- Past meeting agenda: May 2, 2025 meeting agenda
Upcoming meetings
Aug. 1 - CIHAC Committee Meeting (hybrid)
- Topic: CIHAC Committee meeting (hybrid)
- Time: 9 a.m. Mountain Time (US and Canada)
In-person location on the CDPHE campus
Carson Room
4300 Cherry Creek Drive South
Glendale, CO 80246
or Join by Zoom
- Join Zoom Meeting
- Meeting ID: 823 2313 379
- Passcode: 252493
- Find your local number:
- +17193594580, 82323133792#, *252493# US
- +16694449171, 82323133792#, *252493# US
ASL interpretation will be provided at CIHAC meetings. ASL community members, it is recommended that you "pin" the ASL interpreters to the screen, so that you can see the interpreters at all times. The interpreters will identify as “ASL Interpreter.” (For the August hybrid meeting, ASL community members are advised to bring your laptop in order to have easy access to the ASL interpreters who will be joining via Zoom).
If you’re coming to our campus for the hybrid meeting:
Our campus is located at 4300 Cherry Creek Drive South, Denver, 80246.
- If you’re riding your bike: Our campus is located just south of the Cherry Creek bike trail. Bicycle parking is available at multiple locations on the main campus. Covered bicycle parking also is available at several locations, as well as on the ground floor of the parking structure on Birch Street, which is just east of the main campus.
- If you’re riding the bus: RTD’s Trip Planner is a great way to find the fastest route.
- If you’re driving: Visitor parking is conveniently located in front of all our buildings. Please check in with security in Building A so you can get a visitor badge.
Meeting minutes
- Special request meeting - EHDI Introductions, Dec. 20, 2024 meeting:
- Ellen Stern, Director of Children's Hospital Colorado, Government Affairs, requested to meet with CDPHE Newborn Hearing Screening Program staff.
- Since Colorado's Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) System is a collaboration among four government agencies, one representative (from the EHDI Interagency Steering Committee) from each agency joined a meeting for introductions, updates, and a discussion on plans moving forward.
- Agencies present at this meeting included CDPHE, the Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS), the Colorado Department of Early Childhood (CDEC), and the Colorado School for the Deaf and the Blind (CSDB). Since multiple members from our Colorado Infant Hearing Advisory Committee (CIHAC) planned to be present for this discussion, the meeting was open to the public and minutes are posted above to comply with open meetings requirements.
- CIHAC Co-Chair planning meeting, Dec. 18, 2024
- CIHAC meeting minutes, Oct. 11, 2024
- CIHAC Co-Chair planning meeting, Aug. 23, 2024
- CIHAC meeting minutes, Aug. 2, 2024
- CIHAC meeting minutes, May 3, 2024
- CIHAC meeting minutes, Feb. 2, 2024
2023 meeting minutes
- CIHAC meeting minutes, Oct. 13, 2023
- CIHAC meeting minutes, Aug. 4, 2023
- CIHAC meeting minutes, May 5, 2023
- CIHAC meeting minutes, Feb. 3, 2023
2023 CIHAC bylaws subcommittee meeting minutes
2021 CIHAC meeting minutes
- CIHAC meeting minutes, Oct. 22, 2021.
- CIHAC meeting minutes, Aug. 6, 2021.
- CIHAC meeting minutes, May 7, 2021.
- CIHAC meeting minutes, Feb. 5, 2021.
2021 HIDS data subcommittee meeting minutes
- HIDS Data Subcommittee Meeting minutes, June 24, 2021
- HIDS Data Subcommittee Meeting minutes, July 15, 2021
- HIDS Data Subcommittee Meeting minutes, Aug. 18, 2021
- HIDS Data Subcommittee Meeting minutes, Aug. 24, 2021
- Early Intervention Definitions for CDC Reporting from HIDS Data, Dec. 6, 2021
2021 PCP access subcommittee meeting minutes
2020 CIHAC meeting minutes
2020 Information-gathering stakeholder meetings between CIHAC meetings due to pandemic
- Information-gathering stakeholder meeting Aug. 26, 2020 from 11:00 a.m to 12:00 p.m.
- Information-gathering stakeholder meeting Sept. 4, 2020 from 1:30 a.m to 2:30 p.m.
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.
- Health Information Data System NBH application Feedback Review, Meeting 1: (Audiologist and Audiology Associate) Meeting Minutes Feb. 7, 2020, 10:00 a.m.
- Health Information Data System NBH application Feedback Review, Meeting 2: (CO-Hears) Meeting Minutes Feb. 19, 2020, 12:00 p.m.
- Health Information Data System NBH application Feedback Review, Meeting 3: (CO-Hears) Meeting Minutes Feb. 28, 2020, 3:00 p.m.
- Health Information Data System NBH application Feedback Review, Meeting 4: (CO-Hears and associated staff) Meeting Minutes March 6, 2020, 11:00 a.m.
- Health Information Data System NBH application Feedback Review, Meeting 5: (Hearing Screeners testing application) Meeting Minutes March 10, 2020, 1:00 p.m.
- CIHAC meeting minutes, Oct. 11, 2019.
- CIHAC meeting minutes, Aug. 2, 2019.
- CIHAC meeting minutes, May 3, 2019.
- CIHAC meeting minutes, Feb. 1, 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