[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 89 (Monday, May 11, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 21809-21810]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10937]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-09-0733]


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 404-639-5960 
and send comments to Maryam I. Daneshvar, CDC Acting Reports Clearance 
Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail 
to [email protected].
    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. Written comments should be received 
within 60 days of this notice.

Proposed Project

    CDC Early Hearing Detection and Intervention Hearing Screening and 
Follow-up Survey, OMB 0920-0733--

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Revision--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 
incidence. This information is important for helping to ensure infants 
and children are receiving recommended screening and follow-up 
services, documenting the occurrence and etiology of differing degrees 
of HL among infants, and determining the overall impact of infant HL on 
future outcomes, such as cognitive development, and family dynamics. 
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 (http://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/ehdi/data.htm).
    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 e-mail, 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 
questions about the number of infants that died and parents refused 
into two separate questions, 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.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                  Number of      Average burden
                 Respondents                     Number of      responses per     per response     Total burden
                                                respondents       respondent       (in hours)       (in hours)
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State and territory EHDI Program                          53                1                4              212
 Coordinators...............................
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    Dated: May 5, 2009.
Marilyn S. Radke,
Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. E9-10937 Filed 5-8-09; 8:45 am]
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