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Canadian Hearing Services

Site: Mailing Address

Service: Communication Devices and Interpreting Services

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Record #: BAR3242
Last Modified: 28 Nov 2023
Last Full Update: 27 Nov 2023

Contacts

Toll Free Phone 1-866-518-0000, Office & Emergency Interpreting Services
TTY Phone 1-877-215-9530, Use the keypad to select from menu options
Crisis Phone 416-712-6637, Text Only
Fax 1-866-781-8999
E-Mail info@chs.ca
Website www.chs.ca
Social Media Facebook Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/canadianhearingservices
LinkedIn LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-canadian-hearing-society
X (Twitter) X (Twitter): https://twitter.com/cdnhearing
YouTube YouTube: https://youtube.com/CHSCanadaTV
Primary Contact Jeremy Hill, District Office Manager; Email: jhill@chs.ca

Addresses

Address & Map
Coordinates: 44.3823420, -79.7142650
Mailing Address c/o Canadian Hearing Services - Toronto Office 
271 Spadina Ave 
Toronto, ON 
Canada M5R 2V3

Description

Description (Service)

Provides services to increase the independence of people who are culturally deaf, oral deaf, deafened

CHS Interpreting & Translation Services (OIS)

  • professional sign-language interpreters
  • set fee - organizations and businesses are responsible for the cost of making their services accessible no matter who requests the interpretation service
  • advance booking preferred
  • for after hours emergency interpreter services for health and mental health emergencies, contact:
    • CHS Interpreting & Translation Services, After Hours Emergency Interpreter Service at 1-866-256-5142 or TTY: 1-866-831-4657 or
    • email urgent@chs.ca or awareham@chs.ca

Communication Devices Program

  • carries a wide variety of devices to assist individuals who are deaf, deafened and hard of hearing including TTYs (text telephones), visual smoke detectors, baby monitors, signaling devices and alarm clocks
  • registered ADP vendor for Teletypewriter for the Deaf

Service Details

Legal Status (50) Non Profit
Hours

Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm
Areas Served Haliburton County ; Kawartha Lakes ; Northumberland County ; Peterborough (County of) ; Simcoe County
Eligibility Individuals who are Deaf, deafened or hard of hearing
Application
Languages American Sign Language - Interpretation, Publications, Website; English; French Sign Language
Fees None

Subjects

Service Categories Assistive Technology Equipment Sales ; Disease/Disability Information ~ Hearing Loss ; Hearing Augmentation Aids ; Interpretation/Translation ~ Hearing Loss
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