[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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