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ACI Alliance Member Dana Suskind to speak at June 11 Congressional luncheon

Tuesday, May 12, 2015   (0 Comments)
Posted by: Susan Thomas

Dana Suskind MD, Professor of Surgery and Pediatrics at University of Chicago Medicine and an active member of ACI Alliance, will be a featured speaker at a briefing being convened by Friends of the Congressional Hearing Health Caucus. The briefing topic is “Improving Outcomes for Families and Children who are Deaf or Hard of Hearing.” The event is intended to provide Members of Congress and staff with information on Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI) to aid in decision-making on the Reauthorization of the EHDI Act this year. The briefing luncheon will be held June 11 at 12 Noon and is open to the public. For more information, see the attached invitation.  ACI Alliance is actively working to gain sponsors for the EHDI Reauthorization; for more information please go to  http://www.acialliance.org/?AdvocacyInitiatives

Invitation


The mission of the American Cochlear Implant (ACI) Alliance is to advance access to the gift of hearing provided by cochlear implantation through research, advocacy and awareness.