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The House of Commons Board of Internal Economy has recently written a letter to CHHA. Due in part to a joint letter from the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, the Canadian Association of the Deaf and the Canadian Hearing Society, French and English language closed-captioning services were extended for the gavel-to-gavel proceedings of the House of Commons as of January 28, 2013. Work is also underway to extend the captioning services to include the televised committee meetings. To read this letter in full, please visit: www.chha.ca/documents/House_of_Commons.pdf » more...

OTTAWA-GATINEAU, January 25, 2013 — After years of advocacy, the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association is thrilled with the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) announcement yesterday of the enhancements to 911 services that will enable Canadians who have hearing loss or speech impediments to communicate with 911 call centers via text message. » more...

April 29, 2013 - Two young adults (18 – 35 years of age) from Canada will have a chance to attend the Hearing Loss Association of America's Portland Conference (Youth Retreat #2!) taking place on June 2013. Are you interested? You know someone who could be interested?

More information can be found at the web links:

• Contest Information and Rules
• Registration Form
• Portland Pledge Form


For more information about the contest, please contact the National Office by phone (1 800 263-8068) or email (chhanational@chha.ca). » more...

Ottawa, June, 2011 – The Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA), a national organization representing millions of Canadians who live with hearing loss, urges the Government of Canada to amend the words contained in the eligibility criteria under the Disability Tax Credit (DTC) as it applies to individuals who are hard of hearing. The present criteria, particularly the words “quiet setting”, have caused a great deal of
uncertainty amongst physicians, audiologists and other qualified authorizers of the Disability Tax Credit Certificate. This uncertainty has led to many hard of hearing individuals being unjustly denied the Disability Tax Credit, and brought to the forefront its discriminatory nature. » more...

The CHHA Ontario one-day event taking place on September 17, 2011 has been postponed. All people who have paid for a registration for this event will be reimbursed.