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At the Peel District School Board, the following supports are available for your child:

1)  Support from a Classroom Teacher of the Deaf/ Hard of Hearing in a special education classroom or an Itinerant Teacher of the Deaf/ Hard of Hearing in the mainstream

2) Support from a Consulting Educational Audiologist and the FM Technologist

3) Use of a Remote Microphone (RM) or soundfield system if required

4) Access to other assistive technology to support their needs if required

5) Speech and Language support services if required

Please get in touch with your child's Teacher of the Deaf/ Hard of Hearing if you have any questions about support at school.

The following is a list of audiology services for pediatric assessment in the Greater Toronto Area to help you plan your visit to the audiologist to get a hearing test.

Print the form below before attending an appointment to discuss new hearing aids at your child's clinical audiologist, and use the guide to get helpful information to inform your purchase. Special thanks for PDSB Consulting Educational Audiologist Vicky Papaioannou for creating this helpful guide for parents.

The following links provide opportunities for funding support for your child's hearing aids:

Hearing aid earmolds and tubing should be cleaned regularly to ensure that your child's personal amplification is operating effectively. If you are not comfortable with working with your child's hearing aid, please visit their audiologist and ask for some support. 

Watch the videos below for short, simple demos of cleaning behind-the-ear hearing aids.

PDSB Consulting Educational Audiologists Susan Russell and Marisa DeFrancesco recommend that parents refer to Western University's "Hear On" video series. This series was set up as part of Ontario's Infant Hearing Program.   They are geared towards families with newly identified babies but a couple of them are also appropriate for families with newly identified school-age children.  Please click the button below to access this video series:

Here are some community resources to connect parents with professionals and other families who are involved in the Deaf/ Hard of hearing community.

For more information about how to address communication challenges for the Deaf and hard of hearing community  while wearing face masks, click here to check out our You Are Hear blog post.

If you are looking for more information about purchasing face masks with windows for use during the COVID-19 pandemic, the following businesses are available to help. Please click on the links below for more information.