Welcome to The Canadian Hearing Society

CHS 70th Anniversary Founded in 1940 and unique in North America, CHS offers a complete roster of essential services, including sign language interpreting; one-on-one language development for deaf and hard of hearing children using play as the medium of learning; employment consulting; sign language instruction; speechreading training; hearing testing; hearing aids; counselling; and the most complete range of communication devices that assist and augment communication, including TTYs (text telephones), visual smoke detectors, baby monitors, signalling devices and alarm clocks.

We encourage you to explore our programs and services. If you have a question that is not answered on our site, you can easily contact us.

The Canadian Hearing Society – Transition in Leadership

The Board is pleased to announce the appointment of Denis Morrice as interim President and CEO as it actively recruits and hires for the position. Morrice is well acquainted with CHS having been the Society’s Executive Director for 17 years, at a time of incredible growth.

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Barrier-Free Education

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CHS Responds to MCSS

CHS has published its response to the Minister of Community and Social Services on the Ministry's proposed Accessible Information and Communication Standard.

icon Response to Ministry of Community and Social Services (DOC)
icon Response to Ministry of Community and Social Services (PDF)

For more information, please reference our position papers in the Documents and Publications section.

CHS Releases Position Paper on Noise Pollution

Noise pollution is a pervasive problem in today’s society and we are constantly inundated with unwanted human-created sound that affects us on multiple levels. As noise pollution has a negative impact on hearing health, CHS strongly supports initiatives pertaining to hearing conservation and noise control.

Click on our position paper to learn more:

icon CHS Position Paper on Noise Pollution (DOC)
icon CHS Position Paper on Noise Pollution (PDF)

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H1N1 Alert

Worried about H1N1 (formerly Swine Flu)? From the Ministrry of Health, here are some important links for you to check:

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Our Mission

The Canadian Hearing Society is the leading provider of services, products, and information that:

- remove barriers to communication
- advance hearing health
- promote equity for people who are culturally Deaf, oral deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing

Our Vision

A society where all people are respected; have full access to communication; and are able to participate without social, economic, or emotional barriers.

This website was made possible by a generous grant from the Ontario Trillium Foundation.

On behalf of our community, clients and staff, thank you OTF.