CHHA is Canada’s only nation-wide non-profit consumer organization run by and for hard of hearing people. This is a great site to learn more about hearing loss and to get information and details on National Events.

Assistive listening devices are available for purchase from the CHHA National website.  Click here for more details

The Canadian Hearing Society provides services that enhance the independence of deaf, deafened and hard of hearing people, and that encourage prevention of hearing loss. The information that they provide is relevant, youthful and very informative.

Tinnitus is a phenomenon that is not yet fully understood by the medical community. It is connected to the electrical processes associated with the nervous system and effects the inner ear and the auditory nerve. Tinnitus is a constant ringing or buzzing in the ears. It usually begins quite soft in volume but can progress to become very loud and even become unbearable and debilitating.

Many people who experienced tinnitus have reported the onset of tinnitus just before or shortly after beginning to lose hearing. Tinnitus can become more pronounced with excessive stress or even certain types of physical exertion. Calming of the senses and relaxation seem to be the best solution for lessening the effects of tinnitus.

To date there is no cure for tinnitus; experts often suggest “masking” the tinnitus (constant and “inside” the persons head) with an external stimulus like relaxing sounds or music.

Because tinnitus is connected to the bodies own “electrical” or nervous system, many have found relief from acupuncture treatment.

• American Tinnitus Association – The American Tinnitus Association (ATA)

• British Tinnitus Association – The British Tinnitus Association

• Alberta College of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists

• CHHA-ED Presents an Introduction to Speechreading

• CHHA-ED Presents an Introduction to the Your Third Ear Program

• CHHA-ED Presents All About Hearing Loops

• CHHA-ED Presents an Introduction to Hospital Hearing  Kits

• CHHA Presents Managing Tinnitus

• Assistive listening solutions for work

• What is it like to live with Hearing Loss?

• Hearing Loops In Edmonton with Juliette Sterkens

• Get Your Clients in the Hearing Loop with Juliette Sterkens

• Guide to over the counter hearing aids

• The Way I Hear It A Life with Hearing Loss by Gael Hannan

• Shari Eberts: Coming Out of My Hearing Loss Closet

• How to protect your hearing at music festivals

• Frequently Asked Questions about Hearing Loops

• Health Aging Information Series presented by Age Friendly Edmonton

• International Federation of Hard of Hearing People (IFHOH)

• Important information regarding the Text with 911 service

• City of St. Albert announcement – Text with 911 Service

• Living Successfully with Hearing Loss

• Hearing Loss 101 – Deaf & Hear Alberta

• Types of Hearing Aids – Deaf & Hear Alberta

• Edmonton Seniors Coordination Council

• Disease/ Disability Information Hearing Loss – Government of Canada

• Registered Disability Saving Plan – Employment and Social Development Canada

• Hearing Aids 1000 – A Consumer Guide to Hearing Aids And Related Products

• Three Hearing Loss Types – Maryville University

• Listing of Western Canada Locations with Hearing Loops in place