The Tri-Regional Infant Hearing Program is funded by the Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services. Our goal is to identify infants with permanent hearing differences prior to 3 months of age and provide language development programming by 9 months of age. Early detection and intervention is critical to future language development.

The program provides:

  • Hearing screening to all infants in hospital and/or a community setting
  • Audiology assessment of infants who receive a refer result from the hearing screen to rule out or identify a hearing difference
  • Identification and monitoring of infants who are specifically at risk for a change in hearing
  • Language development programming for infants and toddlers who have permanent hearing differences using listening and spoken language or access to instruction in American Sign Language