[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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