Hearing Loss

The Canadian Association of the Deaf (CAD) provides consultation and information on deaf needs and interests to the public, business, media, educators, governments and others. CAD conducts research and collects data regarding deaf issues. CAD also offers assistance to Deaf organizations and service agencies across Canada.

Ontario Association of the Deaf (OAD) is Canada's oldest Deaf non-profit consumer organization. OAD is working for the purpose of ensuring equality and protecting the rights of Deaf Ontarians. The Ontario Association of the Deaf also provides leadership, resources, and activities that promotes and protect rights, equality, and access of Deaf Ontarians. Some of OAD's initiatives include consultation and training, consumer advocacy, access advocacy, deaf outreach program, in addition to many others.

CHS is a not-for-profit agency and the leading provider of services, products, and information that remove barriers to communication, advance hearing health, and promote equity for people who are culturally Deaf, oral deaf, deafened and hard of hearing. The Canadian Hearing Society offers education programs, a wide range of essential services and a broad selection of assistive devices designed specifically for people with hearing loss.

The website provides information for parents and caregivers on infant hearing assessment. It describes different types of screening for newborns and babies and helps parents to understand screening results. Different communication development and language development options are listed for parents of children with hearing impairments.

Canadian Hard of Hearing Association is the only nation-wide, non-profit consumer organization run by and for hard of hearing people. CHHA's goal is to increase public awareness of hearing loss and to help Canadians with hearing loss fully integrate into Canadian society.

Whether you suspect you have a hearing loss, or have been wearing hearing aids for years, this resource you with advice and information on leading-edge hearing aid technology. You will learn how the system works, how to apply for funding and how to take care of devices you use.

This resource provides individuals who have experienced hearing loss or who are deaf with a list of programs available in Ontario. Listed programs include access to hearing care services (audiology clinics and speech-language pathologists, etc.),communication devices programs and  counselling services. The website provides listings of service locations with their contact information and opening hours.

DeafMD.org has a variety of videos in American Sign Language as translations of information from the Center for Disease Control.  The videos include both explanations of diseases, tests, and procedures.

Many medical conditions, such as those listed on this website, can affect your hearing health. The website is helpful in learning ear health-related terms, understanding how your ear works and taking care of your hearing.

This book is recommended for anyone who wants to communicate more effectively with hearing-impaired adults. It gives practical advice illustrated with examples of everyday conversations and indicates ways of enhancing better understanding.

This is a book that explores the myriad dimensions of our experience of and with music. Oliver Sacks explores the power music has over us, a power that sometimes we control and at other times  we don’t. He explores how it can provide access to otherwise unreachable emotional states, how it can revive neurological avenues that have been frozen, bring memories of earlier lost events or states or bring those with neurological disorders back to their earlier years.