[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 86 (Wednesday, May 5, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 24704-24705]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-10587]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
[30Day-10-0733]
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
Maryam I. Daneshvar, the CDC Reports Clearance Officer, at (404) 639-
5960 or send an e-mail to [email protected]. Send written comments to CDC
Desk Officer, Office of Management and Budget, Washington, DC or by fax
to (202) 395-5806. Written comments should be received within 30 days
of this notice.
Proposed Project
Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Hearing Screening and
Follow-up Survey (OMB No. 0920-0733 exp. 10/31/2009)--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
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demand for accurate information about rates of screening, referral,
loss to follow-up, and prevalence. This information is important for:
(a) Helping to ensure infants and children are receiving recommended
screening and follow-up services, (b) identifying reasons for not
receiving recommended services and (c) documenting the occurrence of
differing degrees of HL among infants. These data will also assist the
States in 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 (http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/ehdi).
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 57 respondents via an e-mail, which
will include a summary of the request and other relevant information.
We anticipate that about 50 of the 57 coordinators will complete and
return the survey. 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 adding a
question about how many infants with hearing loss are receiving only
monitoring services, simplifying the table for reporting type and
severity of hearing loss data, and expanding the maternal race
categories in the demographic section. There are no costs to the
respondents other than their time. The estimated annualized burden
hours are 210.
Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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Number of Average burden
Respondents Number of responses per per response
respondents respondent (in hours)
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EHDI Program State Program Coordinators Contacted............... 57 1 10/60
EHDI Program State Program Coordinators Who Return the Survey... 50 1 4
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Dated: April 28, 2010.
Maryam I. Daneshvar,
Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2010-10587 Filed 5-4-10; 8:45 am]
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