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The Ministry of Children and Youth Services has developed a number of resources for parents about Ontario’s Infant Hearing Program and what you can do to help your child develop strong speech and language skills.

Can your baby hear?

Helping your child learn language

Services for children who are deaf or hard of hearing

Your baby’s speech and language skills from birth to 30 months

Your preschool child’s speech and language development

Community Resources

There are many agencies that have information, resources and or services available for children who are deaf or hard of hearing. To learn more about any of these services please contact them for more information.

• Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilities
  A program that helps parents with some of the extra costs of caring for a child who has a severe disability.
A program that helps parents with some of the extra costs of caring for a child who has a severe disability.
• Bob Rumball Centre for the Deaf
  Support the Deaf by providing funding for activities, services and support to further the quality of life of Deaf people in Ontario
• Canadian Academy of Audiology (CAA)
  A professional organization that provides education to those with, or at risk for, hearing and/or vestibular disorders.
• Canadian Association of Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists (CASLPA)
  Information for people with communication disorders
• Community Care Access Centre
  Provide in home assistance from a personal care worker, nursing, speech therapy, occupational and physiotherapy. 14 local offices across Ontario call 310 – 2222 to find your local CCAC office (no area code is needed for this call).
• Ernest C. Drury School for the Deaf
• Holland Bloorview Kids Rehabilitation Hospital
  Canada’s largest children’s rehabilitation teaching hospital fully affiliated with the University of Toronto.
• Ontario Early Years Centres
  Centres provide services and programs for parents of children up to the age of six.
• Silent Voice Canada
  A not-for-profit charitable organization that offers community and family-based support to deaf children in American Sign Language (ASL).
• Surrey Place Centre
  Help children living with developmental disabilities reach their full potential.
• The Rumball Family Resource Centre
  Support deaf and hard-of-hearing children and parents throughout the critical first six years of life.
• Toronto Children's Services
  Information on child care services, family resource centres, and services for children with special needs.

Helpful websites

Canadian websites

• Encyclopedia on Early Childhood Development
• Hands and Voices Toronto Chapter
• Ministry of Children and Youth Services (Infant Hearing Program)
• Mount Sinai Hospital: Infant Hearing Program
• Ontario Association of the Deaf
• The Canadian Hearing Society
• The Ontario Cultural Society of the Deaf
• The Ontario Association of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists (OSLA)
• Toronto Catholic District School Board
• Toronto District School Board
• VOICE for hearing impaired children

International websites

• Alexander Graham Bell Association for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing
• Boys Town National Research Hospital
• Hand and Voices
• Laurent Clerc National Deaf Education Center – Gallaudet University
• My Baby’s Hearing
• National Center for Hearing Assessment & Management (NCHAM)

Disclaimer: Links to sites external to the Toronto Public Health Web site are provided as a convenience and their inclusion does not imply that Toronto Public Health endorses or accepts any responsibility for the content or use of these sites.