[Federal Register: April 19, 2004 (Volume 69, Number 75)]
[Notices]
[Page 20877-20878]
From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[60Day-04-41]
Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and
Recommendations
In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on
proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention (CDC) will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects.
To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a
copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call the CDC Reports
Clearance Officer on (404) 498-1210.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information shall have practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the
proposed collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality,
utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways
to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents,
including through the use of automated collection techniques or other
forms of information technology. Send comments to Sandra Gambescia, CDC
Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-E11,
Atlanta, GA 30333. Written comments should be received within 60 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project
Accommodation of 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 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
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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. There is no cost to respondents.
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No. of Avg. burden/
Respondents No. of responses/ response (in Total burden
respondents respondents hrs) hours
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Release of Information (GM to NIOSH)........ 100 1 5/60 8
Release of Information (Clinic to NIOSH).... 100 1 5/60 8
Contact Information Card.................... 100 1 2/60 3
HPD Questionnaire (pre-intervention)........ 100 1 15/60 25
HPD Questionnaire (post-intervention)....... 100 1 15/60 25
Case History................................ 100 1 10/60 17
Telephone Follow-Up......................... 100 6 7/60 70
Post-Intervention Questionnaire............. 100 1 10/60 17
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Total................................... ............... ............... ............... 173
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Dated: April 12, 2004.
Diane Allen,
Acting Director, Management Analysis and Services Office, Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 04-8754 Filed 4-16-04; 8:45 am]
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