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IHP Resources

Explore our collection of resources that will guide you through your journey with the Infant Hearing Program and infant hearing loss.

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Your IHP Journey

Meet the IHP Team

Growing Little Listeners

Video Resources

Financial Support

Your IHP Journey

To learn about what you can expect the months following your child's diagnosis of hearing loss, check out our IHP Action Plan.

Download the IHP Journey Action Plan

Meet the IHP Team

During your IHP journey, you will receive support from our skilled team of professionals including:

Fit hearing aids that are prescribed by your child‘s audiologist
Provide on-going care and maintenance of hearing devices
Counsel families about what hearing devices can and cannot do, how to use them, and how to care for them
Provide information about current listening technology Assistive Listening Devices (e.g., FM systems, alerting systems, TTYs etc.)
Assist families with third party funding

Regulated Social Workers

Discuss options for a primary communication language pathway in spoken or signed language for your child.
Initiate a referral for language support services for your child.
Coordinate a communication development plan (CDP) with IHP team members.
Provide counselling support for caregivers regarding adjustment to a new diagnosis of hearing loss.
Explore funding support opportunities.
Share information about helpful programs and services at ErinoakKids and within the community.

Regulated Audiologists with training in IHP protocols

Conduct hearing assessments to identify hearing loss and to monitor hearing throughout the preschool years
Support families in making decisions about signed language development services
Evaluate hearing technology to select and fit the most appropriate type for child’s needs. Regularly assess how well hearing devices are working for your child
Provide ongoing care and maintenance of hearing devices
Counsel families about what hearing devices can and cannot do, how to use them, and how to care for them
Inform families about assistive listening devices, if appropriate for your child

Speech-Language Pathologists, Teachers of the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Sign Language Consultants

Assess your child’s communication skills: spoken or signed language
Help develop your child’s speech, language, listening and early literacy skills through strategies such as parent education, guidance and coaching on listening and/or language facilitation techniques
Educate parents on the effects of hearing loss on the development of communication
Provide connections to community programs and other families who have children who are deaf or hard of hearing
Support families with transition to daycare and/or school

Download a PDF version of Meet the IHP Team

Growing Little Listeners

The Growing Little Listeners group is for families enrolled in the Infant Hearing Program at ErinoakKids to connect and with other parents, caregivers and their children who are deaf or have hearing loss.

Learn more about Growing Little Listeners

Video Resources

HearOn Suite of Learning Videos

Handouts

Strategies for Parents

Financial Support

For information on available support

The Ontario Government program, Assistance for Children with Severe Disabilites, may cover the cost of hearing aids for eligible families. Ask your Audiologist, Hearing Instrument Specialist and/or Family Support Worker for more information.