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CHS brings a strong message to Queens Park about visual fire alarms

The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) will be delivering thousands of postcards signed by Deaf, oral deaf, deafened, hard of hearing people and other concerned individuals, to a press conference scheduled at Queens Park on April 26. Deaf consumers will also share their horrifying first-hand experience of escaping fires in their home, highlighting the importance of visual fire alarms.

Keep On Listening Campaign

THE CANADIAN HEARING SOCIETY PLANS TO MAKE SOME NOISE IN PREVENTING YOUNG ADULT HEARING LOSS

They will hand out free earphones on International Noise Awareness Day. Or will they?

The Ottawa Hospital now offers sign language on its website

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Ottawa, March 6, 2012 – The Ottawa Hospital strives to give the highest-quality care to the people who need it. This means providing safe and appropriate care to all patients with improved access to the information they need. To this end, the hospital now offers several key portions of its website in signed languages.

CHS and Deaf Centre Manitoba Inc partnership

The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) announced today its partnership with Deaf Centre Manitoba Inc. (DCM), making CHS’s expertise and full range of communications devices and products accessible to Deaf, Deaf-blind and hard of hearing Manitobans.

CHS supports National Video Relay Services in Canada

The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) announces its support of BC-Alberta Video Relay Service (VRS) Committees' and other provincial VRS action groups' efforts and rallies across Canada on January 13, 2012 asking CRTC not to overlook VRS services and to establish national VRS in Canada.

CHS raises awareness of visual fire alarms during Fire Prevention Week Oct 9-15, 2011

Toronto, ON (October 6, 2011) - The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) announced today they will be demonstrating at local fire departments during Fire Prevention Week with a mobile interactive display, to further raise awareness on the importance of visual fire alarms and emergency notification systems for Ontarians who are culturally Deaf, oral deaf, deafened, and hard of hearing.

CHS Barrier Free Education Project releases Beyond Ableism and Audism: Achieving Human Rights For Deaf and Hard of Hearing Citizens

Toronto, ON (October 3, 2011) The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) is pleased to announce the release of Beyond Ableism and Audism: Achieving Human Rights For Deaf and Hard of Hearing Citizens. The report http://www.chs.ca/beyond_audism authored by Dr. H-Dirksen L. Bauman, Professor, Deaf Studies Coordinator, Bilingual Teaching and Learning at Gallaudet University, supports the highlights and recommendations made by the Ministry of Education’s Document Realizing the Promise of Diversity: Ontario’s Equity and Inclusive Educational Strategy.

Hearing Healthcare – time to take action

Toronto, ON (October 3, 2011) An Ontario Hearing Healthcare Initiative, led by The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) in partnership with six organizations as well as research representatives from Canadian universities, seeks to have critical hearing healthcare issues on the radar of the Ontario government.