[Federal Register Volume 78, Number 60 (Thursday, March 28, 2013)]
[Notices]
[Pages 18986-18987]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2013-07230]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

[60Day-13-0733]


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 404-639-7570 or 
send comments to Ron Otten, at 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 
30333 or send an email 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 No. 0920-0733, Expiration 06/30/2013)--
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 demand for accurate 
information about rates of screening, referral, loss to follow-up, and 
prevalence. This information is important for helping to ensure infants 
and children are receiving recommended screening and follow-up 
services, documenting the occurrence of differing degrees of HL among 
infants, and assessing progress towards national goals. 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

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access this information via the CDC EHDI Web site (www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/hearingloss/ehdi-data.html).
    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 email, 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 
question about the number of infants that were non-residents or moved 
out jurisdiction into two separate questions and adding new questions. 
These include questions about how many infants were in a neonatal 
intensive care unit for more than 5 days, transferred without any 
documentation of a hearing screening, unable to be screened or receive 
diagnostic testing due to a medical reason, number of cases where a 
primary care physician did not refer an infant for diagnostic testing, 
and cases of permanent hearing loss among non-resident infants. The 
table for reporting type and severity of hearing loss data has also 
been updated so this data can be reported using either the 
classification system from the American Speech and Hearing Association 
or the current system from the Directors of Speech and Language 
Programs in State Health and Welfare Agencies.
    A total of 59 respondents will be asked to complete the updated 
data request each year during the 3-year requested data collection 
approval timeframe. Based on findings from the previous information 
collection, it is estimated that the burden for individuals to read 
through the survey and decide whether or not to complete it is 10 
minutes per person. The 10 minute calculation was based on feedback 
received in pre-tests with 5 individuals and confirmed by the 
experience with the survey since the original Office of Management and 
Budget (OMB) approval.
    It is expected that 55 of the 59 potential respondents will 
complete the survey and therefore incur an additional burden of up to 4 
hours per respondent. However, based on feedback from consulted experts 
about the length of time required to complete the original information 
collection it is anticipated that it will only take some respondents a 
few minutes to complete the revised data request. This is because 
jurisdictions often have already gathered and compiled the requested 
data for their own internal uses. Nevertheless, the more conservative 
time estimate of 4 hours per response from each of the 55 anticipated 
participants is shown in the table below. The estimated annualized 
burden is 230 hours. This estimate is identical to the time estimate 
for the reinstated OMB approved estimate from 2010; the only change is 
the estimated number of respondents. There are no costs to the 
respondents other than their time.

                                        Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                                      No. of          No. of        burden  per    Total burden
          Respondents               Form name       respondents    responses per   response  (in    (in hours)
                                                                    respondent        hours)
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State and territory EHDI        Survey                        59               1           10/60              10
 Program Coordinators.           Directions.
EHDI Program State Program      Survey..........              55               1               4             220
 Coordinators.
    TOTAL.....................  ................  ..............  ..............  ..............             230
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    Dated: March 21, 2013.
Ron A. Otten,
Director, Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the Associate 
Director for Science, Office of the Director, Centers for Disease 
Control and Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013-07230 Filed 3-27-13; 8:45 am]
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