[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 126 (Monday, July 1, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39295-39296]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-15565]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-13-0733]
Agency Forms Undergoing Paperwork Reduction Act Review
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) publishes a
list of information collection requests under review by the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) in compliance with the Paperwork Reduction
Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35). To request a copy of these requests, call
(404) 639-7570 or send an email to [email protected]. Send written comments
to CDC Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC
20503 or by fax to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received
within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
CDC Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Hearing Screening and
Follow-up Survey (OMB No. 0920-0733, Expiration 06/30/2013)--
Reinstatement with Change--National Center on Birth Defects and
Developmental Disabilities (NCBDDD), Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
The National Center on Birth Defects and Developmental Disabilities
at CDC promotes the health of babies, children, and adults with
disabilities. As part of these efforts the Center is actively involved
in addressing hearing loss (HL) among newborns and infants. HL is a
common birth defect that affects approximately 12,000 infants each year
and, when left undetected, can result in developmental delays. As
awareness about infant HL increases, so does the demand for accurate
information about rates of screening, referral, loss to follow-up, and
prevalence. This information is important for helping to ensure infants
and children are receiving recommended screening and follow-up
services, documenting the occurrence of differing degrees of HL among
infants, and assessing progress towards national goals. These data will
also assist state Early Hearing Detection and Intervention (EHDI)
programs with quality improvement activities and provide information
that will be helpful in assessing the impact of federal initiatives.
The public will be able to access this information via the CDC EHDI Web
site (www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hearingloss/ehdi-data.html).
Given the lack of a standardized and readily accessible source of
data, the CDC EHDI program developed a survey to be used annually that
utilizes uniform definitions to collect aggregate, standardized EHDI
data from states and territories. The request to complete this survey
is planned to be disseminated to respondents via an email, which will
include a summary of the request and other relevant information. Minor
changes to this survey, based on respondent feedback, are planned in
order to make the survey easier to complete and further improve data
quality. These changes include splitting the previously combined
question about the number of infants that were non-residents or moved
out of jurisdiction into two separate questions and adding new
questions. These include questions about how many infants were in a
neonatal intensive care unit for more than 5 days, transferred without
any documentation of a hearing screening, unable to be screened or
receive diagnostic testing due to a medical reason, number of cases
where a primary care physician did not refer an infant for diagnostic
testing, and cases of permanent hearing loss among non-resident
infants. The table for reporting type and severity of hearing loss data
has also been updated so this data can be reported using either the
classification system from the American Speech and Hearing Association
or the current system from the Directors of Speech and Language
Programs in State Health and Welfare Agencies.
A total of 59 respondents will be asked to complete the updated
data request each year during the 3-year requested data collection
approval timeframe. Based on findings from the previous information
collection, it is estimated that the burden for individuals to read
through the survey and decide whether or not to complete it is 10
minutes per person. The 10 minute calculation was based on feedback
received in pre-tests with 5 individuals and confirmed by the
experience with the survey since the original Office of Management and
Budget (OMB) approval.
It is expected that 55 of the 59 potential respondents will
complete the survey and therefore incur an additional burden of up to 4
hours per respondent. However, based on feedback from consulted experts
about the length of time required to complete the original information
collection, it is anticipated that it will only take some respondents a
few minutes to complete the revised data request. This is because
jurisdictions often have already gathered and compiled the requested
data for their own internal uses. Nevertheless, the more conservative
time estimate of 4 hours per response from each of the 55 anticipated
participants is shown in the table below. This estimate is identical to
the time estimate for the reinstated OMB approved estimate from 2010;
the only change is the estimated number of respondents. There are no
costs to the respondents other than their time. The estimated
annualized burden is 230 hours.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average
Number of responses burden per
Respondents Form name respondents per response
respondent (in hours)
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State and territory EHDI Program Survey Directions............ 59 1 10/60
Coordinators.
State and territory EHDI Program Survey....................... 55 1 4
Coordinators.
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Leroy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office, Office of Scientific
Integrity, Office of the Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-15565 Filed 6-28-13; 8:45 am]
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