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The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) was founded in 1940 and to provide services for Blind people in Ontario. Services include instruction in American Sign Language (ASL) and Quebec Sign Language (LSQ), interpreter services, deafblind intervenors, audiology, and speech-language pathology. CHS advocates for the hearing impaired in Canada in matters such as 9-1-1 support of texting, visual fire alarms, and access to the justice system.

Ontario Interpreting Services
Ontario Interpreting Services (OIS) provides interpreting services for ASL across Ontario and for LSQ in select regions. OIS provides interpreters for a range of both public and personal events, including emergency situations such as hospital emergency rooms, after-hours clinics, shelters and police services.

Workplace Accessibility
The workplace accessibility program assesses the workplace to ensure that there are no barriers for the deaf and the hard of hearing. It provides seminars to "increase awareness of hearing loss in the workplace". Business staff and managers are educated to raise awareness of hearing loss, provide strategies for communication and hold accessible meetings.

Communication Devices Program
The Communication Devices Program (CDP) was made on behalf of members who were "culturally deaf, orally deaf, deafened or hard of hearing". The main aim of CDP is to offer technical solutions to communication barriers. The CDP recommends devices (such as specialized alarm clocks, telephones, TTYs, and smoke alarms) for home, workplace or business.

Video Conferencing Services
CHS provides Video Conferencing Services (VCON) in 25 offices across Ontario. VCON allows for conferencing with up to 12 locations and can be used for many different purposes such as interviews, meetings and training sessions.

Audiology
CHS Audiology service is available at Hamilton, Mississauga, Toronto, Kenora, Sarnia, Windsor, Ottawa, Sudbury, and Toronto East. The Audiology program takes a holistic approach to hearing health care by looking at hearing loss, and every way in which it affects life. Audiologists provide hearing tests, hearing aid evaluations, hearing aid check-ups and/or fine tuning, and hearing aid fitting and dispensing for children and adults.

Hearing Care Counselling Program
The Hearing Care Counselling Program is available at 26 locations across Ontario. This program was designed to assist seniors with hearing loss to adapt and stay connected. Priority is given to adults aged 55 and older, but younger adults dealing with hearing loss are also eligible for the program. Counselors provide "home visits, education, and demonstrations and recommendations of communication devices".

CONNECT Counselling Program
The CONNECT Counselling Program is available at 26 locations across Ontario. CONNECT is a mental health counselling service provided by CHS. CONNECT is a program designed to help individuals or families with deaf, deafened or hard of hearing members by providing them with counselling for a variety of reasons, including "mental health and illness, depression, relationship difficulties, abuse, family support, education, advocacy and counselling".

American Sign Language Classes
In North America, ASL is the primary language used by the deaf community. CHS provides individuals with the opportunity to learn ASL from qualified deaf instructors. Classes are offered throughout the year at a variety of skill levels, from beginner to advanced.

Locations
There are 28 CHS locations across Ontario:


 * Barrie
 * Belleville
 * Brantford
 * Brockville
 * Chatham-Kent
 * Durham
 * Elliot Lake
 * Guelph
 * Hamilton
 * Kenora
 * Kingston
 * London
 * Mississauga
 * Muskoka
 * Niagara
 * North Bay
 * Ottawa
 * Peterborough
 * Sarnia
 * Sault Ste Marie
 * Scarborough
 * Sudbury
 * Thunder Bay
 * Timmins
 * Toronto
 * Waterloo
 * Windsor
 * York Region