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ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS AND COSTS
Form

Individuals in households ........................................................
Individuals in households ........................................................

NHANES Questionnaire ........
Special Studies ......................

LeRoy A. Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Center for Disease Control and
Prevention.

(OMB No. 0920–0955, Expiration 02/28/
2014)—Revision—National Center on
Birth Defects and Developmental
Disabilities (NCBDDD), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).

[FR Doc. 2013–26115 Filed 10–31–13; 8:45 am]

Background and Brief Description

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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention
[60Day–14–0955]

Proposed Data Collections Submitted
for Public Comment and
Recommendations

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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 LeRoy Richardson, at 1600
Clifton Road, MS D74, Atlanta, GA
30333 or send an email to omb@cdc.gov.
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
Early Hearing Detection and
Intervention—Pediatric Audiology
Links to Service (EHDI–PALS) Survey

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The Division of Human Development
and Disability, located within NCBDDD,
promotes the health of babies, children,
and adults, with a focus on preventing
birth defects and developmental
disabilities and optimizing the health
outcomes of those with disabilities.
Since the passage of the Early Hearing
Detection and Intervention (EHDI) Act,
97% of newborn infants are now
screened for hearing loss prior to
hospital discharge. However, many of
these infants have not received needed
hearing tests and follow up services
after their hospital discharges. The 2011
national average loss to follow-up/loss
to documentation rate is at 35%. This
rate remains an area of critical concern
for state EHDI programs and CDC–EHDI
team’s goal of timely diagnosis by 3
months of age and intervention by 6
months of age. Many states cite the lack
of audiology resources as the main
factor behind the high loss to follow up.
To compound the problem, many
pediatric audiologists may be proficient
evaluating children age five and older
but are not proficient with diagnosing
infants or younger children because
children age five and younger require a
different skill set. No existing literature
or database was available to help states
verify and quantify their states’ true
follow up capacity until this project
went live in 2013.
Meeting since April 2010, the EHDI–
PALS workgroup has sought consensus
on the loss to follow up/loss to
documentation issue facing the EHDI
programs. A survey based on standard
of care practice was developed for state
EHDI programs to quantify the pediatric
audiology resource distribution within
their state, particularly audiology
facilities that are equipped to provide
follow up services for children age five
and younger. After nine months of data
collection, preliminary data suggested
that children residing in certain regions
of the United States who were loss to
follow up were due to the distance

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parents had to travel to reach a pediatric
audiology facility. For example, parents
who reside in western region of
Nebraska and Iowa on average have to
drive over 100 miles to reach a pediatric
audiology facility.
CDC is requesting an Office of
Management and Budget (OMB)
approval to continue collecting
audiology facility information from
audiologists or facility managers so both
parents, physicians and state EHDI
programs will have a tool to find where
the pediatric audiology facilities are
located. This survey will continue to
allow CDC–EHDI team and state EHDI
programs to compile a systematic,
quantifiable distribution of audiology
facilities and the capacity of each
facility to provide services for children
age five and younger. The data collected
will also allow the CDC–EHDI team to
analyze facility distribution data to
improve technical assistance to State
EHDI programs.
Two additional questions will be
added to the existing survey. The two
questions will ask for more information
from audiology facilities that provide
services by remote telepractice
technology. This information will be of
vital interest and benefit for both
parents who live in remote regions of
the US and state EHDI programs to
maximize resource coverage.
Respondents will all be audiologists
who manage a facility or provide
audiologic care for children age five and
younger. To minimize burden and
improve convenience, the survey will
continue to be available via a secure
password protected Web site. Placing
the survey on the internet ensures
convenient, on-demand access by the
audiologists. Financial cost is
minimized because no mailing fee will
be associated with sending or
responding to this survey.
EHDI–PALS currently has 882
facilities in the database since the
beginning of the data collection. All 882
facilities’ contacts will receive a brief
email from University of Maine to
remind them to review their survey
answers. It is estimated that
approximately 800 audiologists will do
so. It takes approximately two minutes
per person to review the survey

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answers. Both ASHA and AAA are
members of the EHDI–PALS workgroup
and will continue to disseminate a
request through association enewsletters and e-announcements to all
audiologists who provide services to
children younger than five years of age
to complete the EHDI–PALS survey. It is

nine minutes per respondent. The nine
minutes calculation is based on a
previous timed pre-test with six
volunteer audiologists. There are no
costs to respondents other than their
time.

estimated that potentially an additional
400 new audiologists will read through
the purpose statement located on page
one of the survey to decide whether or
not to complete the survey. This will
take one minute per person. It is
estimated that 200 audiologists will
complete the survey which will average

ESTIMATES OF ANNUALIZED BURDEN HOURS
Number of
responses
per
respondent

Number of
respondents

Average
burden per
response
(in minutes)

Total burden
hours

Respondents

Form name

Audiologists who have completed survey ............
New Audiologists ..................................................
New Audiologists ..................................................

Survey ..........................
Survey Introduction ......
Survey ..........................

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400
200

1
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1/60
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Leroy Richardson,
Chief, Information Collection Review Office,
Office of Scientific Integrity, Office of the
Associate Director for Science, Office of the
Director, Centers for Disease Control and
Prevention.
[FR Doc. 2013–26116 Filed 10–31–13; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES
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Prevention
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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 the CDC Reports Clearance
Officer at (404) 639–5960 or send an
email to omb@cdc.gov. 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
State and Local Area Integrated
Telephone Survey (SLAITS) (The
National Survey of the Diagnosis and
Treatment of Attention Deficit/
Hyperactivity Disorder and Tourette
Syndrome) (NS–DATA), (OMB No.
0920–0406, Expiration 04/30/2014)—
Discretionary—National Center for
Health Statistics (NCHS), Centers for
Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Background and Brief Description
Section 306 of the Public Health
Service (PHS) Act (42 U.S.C. 242k), as
amended, authorizes that the Secretary
of Health and Human Services (DHHS),
acting through NCHS, shall collect
statistics on the extent and nature of
illness and disability of the population
of the United States. This discretionary
submission is to notify the public of a
request to initiate another project within
the SLAITS mechanism.
SLAITS is an integrated and
coordinated survey system that has been
conducted since 1997, in accordance
with the 1995 initiative to increase the
integration of surveys within DHHS. It
is designed to collect needed health and
well-being data at the national, state,
and local levels. Using the large
sampling frame of the ongoing National
Immunization Survey (NIS) and
Computer Assisted Telephone
Interviewing (CATI), and when

necessary independent samples, mail,
and Internet modes to support data
collection activities, SLAITS has
quickly collected and produced
household and person-level data to
monitor health-related areas.
Questionnaire content is drawn from
existing surveys within DHHS and other
Federal agencies, or developed
specifically to meet project sponsor
needs.
This project consists of a national
survey designed to collect information
about families with children who have
previously been diagnosed with either
Attention Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder
(ADHD) and/or Tourette Syndrome (TS).
The primary goal of the study is to
describe the various pathways to
diagnosis and treatments for children
diagnosed with either condition. The
survey contains questions on diagnosis
history, the presence of co-occurring
disorders, medication and treatment
usage, as well as academic performance
and symptom measures.
Approximately 3,700 parents or
guardians of children previously
diagnosed with ADHD and/or TS
located throughout the United States
will be interviewed. The annual burden
hours requested is 1,850 hours or 0.5
hours per respondent. The annualized
cost to respondents is estimated at
$38,850 or $10.50 per respondent.

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