[Federal Register Volume 69, Number 142 (Monday, July 26, 2004)]
[Notices]
[Pages 44537-44538]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 04-16911]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-04-0Z]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
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
the CDC Reports Clearance Officer at (404) 498-1210 or send an e-mail
to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC Desk Officer, Human
Resources and Housing Branch, New Executive Office Building, Room
10235, Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to (202) 395-6974. Written
comments should be received within 30 days of this notice.
Proposed Project
Accommodation of Noise-Exposed, Hearing-Impaired Workers--New--
National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH), Centers
for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background
CDC, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health's
mission is to promote safety and health at work for all people through
research and prevention. This study will evaluate the effectiveness of
an evaluation and intervention protocol that can be used to accommodate
the special needs of noise-exposed, hearing-impaired workers so that
they can continue to perform their jobs safely while preventing
additional hearing loss. Three General Motors (GM) manufacturing plants
have agreed to participate in the field-testing phase of this project
as part of the Memorandum of Understanding between NIOSH, the General
Motors Corporation and the International Union, United Automotive,
Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America (UAW) which was
signed on October 23, 2000. Beginning in 2002 and continuing into 2003,
the field study proposal was developed in consultation with
representatives from GM and the UAW from each of the three plants. The
field study is scheduled to begin during 2004 and to conclude during
2005.
One hundred noise-exposed, hearing-impaired workers will be
enrolled in the study. Participants will complete the necessary release
of information forms, receive a clinical hearing evaluation and case
history interview by a certified audiologist to identify the type of
hearing protection most appropriate for them, and be provided with this
protector for use in their actual job. As part of the impact and
evaluation component of this project, each study participant will fill
out a 36-item pre-intervention Hearing Protection Device (HPD)
Questionnaire at the time he or she enrolls in the study. The HPD
Questionnaire is an expansion of a previously approved HPD
questionnaire (OMB No. 0920-0552) which was developed in 1999 by NIOSH
researchers. The post-intervention HPD Questionnaire will be mailed to
each participant along with the 7-item Post-Intervention Questionnaire
following a one-year trial with the study HPD. NIOSH researchers will
use this information to assess the success of the evaluation and HPD
selection protocol, and make recommendations to hearing health
professionals and hearing conservation program managers, regarding the
auditory management of noise-exposed, hearing-impaired workers. This
request is for 2 years. The estimated annualized burden is 88 hours;
there are no costs to respondents.
Annualized Burden Table
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Number of responses per per response
respondents respondents (in hrs.)
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Request and Authorization for Release of Information from 50 1 5/60
GM.......................................................
Request and Authorization for Release of Information from 50 1 5/60
Clinic...................................................
Contact Information Card.................................. 50 1 2/60
Pre-Intervention HPD Questionnaire........................ 50 1 15/60
Post-Intervention HPD Questionnaire....................... 50 1 15/60
Case History Questionnaire................................ 50 1 10/60
Telephone Follow-Up Call.................................. 50 6 7/60
Post-Intervention Questionnaire........................... 50 1 10/60
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Dated: July 19, 2004.
Alvin Hall,
Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for Disease
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-16911 Filed 7-23-04; 8:45 am]
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