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Grants (non-medical)
The Hearing Foundation of Canada has supported a wide range of services for deaf and hard of hearing children and adults across Canada, including the projects listed below. (At this time, we are not accepting any non-medical applications.)
2006 Grants
Organization: Canadian International Hearing Services (CIHS)
Project: Bringing Aid to Deaf Children and Adults in Developing Countries
Summary: CIHS collects and provides refurbished hearing aids, audiological equipment, training programs and education to agencies and individuals around the world. Through the humanitarian efforts of CIHS children with hearing loss have received their first hearing aids, and health providers have received training so that they can continue to improve the health care of deaf and hard of hearing children and adults in their own country.
2005 Grants
Organization: Canadian International Hearing Services (CIHS) Project: Bringing Aid to Deaf Children and Adults in Developing Countries Summary: CIHS collects and provides refurbished hearing aids, audiological equipment, training programs and education to agencies and individuals around the world. Through the humanitarian efforts of CIHS, children with hearing loss have received their first hearing aids, and health providers have received training so that they can continue to improve the health care of deaf and hard of hearing children and adults in their own country
2003 and 2004 Grants
Organization: VOICE for Hearing Impaired Children (VOICE) Project: Auditory-Verbal Therapy Summary: Through successful national advocacy efforts of organizations such as The Hearing Foundation of Canada, the number of severely to profoundly deaf children in Canada who are now receiving a cochlear implant has increased dramatically. By bypassing the part of the auditory system that is damaged, this technological wonder translates sounds into signals that are sent to the auditory nerve, and are then recognized by the brain as sound. But receiving a cochlear implant is just the beginning. Auditory-Verbal Therapy enables a deaf child to interpret these new sounds in order to develop language and communication skills, so crucial to their success in the classroom and the community.
Organization: Silent Voice, Toronto Project: Shared Reading Program Summary: The Shared Reading Program allows hearing parents to read stories with their children who are deaf. Tutors who are deaf teach parents to sign a story from a written storybook using American Sign Language (ASL). A person proficient in ASL is videotaped as they sign the story. Families are provided with the tape and the book to practise at home. This is the first time many hearing parents are able to truly communicate with their profoundly deaf child.
Organization: Silent Voice, Toronto
Project: Family Communication Program
Summary: How do hearing children share their joy, their thoughts, their fears with their deaf parents? The Family Communication Program, a special 12-week program that brings a qualified sign language teacher into the family home to provide training that will improve communication and, ultimately, family relationships.
Organization: Island Deaf & Hard of Hearing Centre, Nanaimo
Project: Silent Weekend
Summary: By funding Silent Weekend, The Hearing Foundation provided a rare opportunity for deaf children and teenagers, along with their families, to come together for an educational and inspiring three days of learning.
Many of these families live in isolated communities along the B.C. coastline, making it difficult for deaf children and families to experience Deaf culture and build relationships with other deaf children. Opportunities such as Silent Weekend help children and teens that are deaf enhance their language development and self-esteem, while providing them with role models in the Deaf community. The weekend also provided sign language classes for hearing parents to improve their communication skills with their children.
“Silent Weekend is a significant and meaningful social and cultural event for our family. It was a great learning experience. Building relationships and community with the other participants through signing in beautiful and expressive ASL brought us all great joy – for this we are grateful!” A. Westwood, Nanaimo (a mom with a hard of hearing daughter)
Organization: Canadian International Hearing Services (CIHS) Project: Bringing Aid to Deaf Children and Adults in Developing Countries Summary: CIHS collects and provides refurbished hearing aids, audiological equipment, training programs and education to agencies and individuals around the world. Through the humanitarian efforts of CIHS, children with hearing loss have received their first hearing aids, and health providers have received training so that they can continue to improve the health care of deaf and hard of hearing children and adults in their own country.
2001 and 2002
Organization: VOICE for Hearing Impaired Children (VOICE)
Project: Auditory-Verbal Therapy (Ongoing Programs)
Summary: Auditory-Verbal Therapy is a process of developing language that gives hearing impaired children the tools to develop speech and auditory skills.
Organization: Western Institute for the Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Vancouver BC (WIDHH)
Project: “Best in You” Project
Summary: Very little is offered in BC for psychosocial adjustment to hearing loss for hard of hearing youth. According to WIDHH, evidence from parents, teachers and youth is that they lack a personal and group identity as being "hard of hearing" - they have not developed the interpersonal and social skills needed to function in society and the workplace. The Best in You program assists young people to adjust to the impact of hearing loss in any communication situation. Other goals are self-awareness, personal strengths, ability to communicate effectively and solve communication problems as well as the creation of an ongoing peer support network for hard of hearing teenagers.
Organization: Silent Voice, Toronto
Project: Shared Reading Program
Summary: Based on a project currently operating at the world renowned, Gallaudet University in Washington, D.C., the Shared Reading Program allows hearing parents to read stories with their deaf children. Deaf tutors teach parents to sign a story using American Sign Language (ASL) from a written storybook. A person proficient in ASL is videotaped as they sign the story. Families are provided with the tape and the book to practise at home. For many hearing parents, this is the first time they are able to truly communicate with their profoundly deaf child.
Organization: Deaf Children's Society of BC - Burnaby, BC
Project: Tactaid VII's for Profoundly Deaf Children
Summary: Three specialized devices were purchased for deaf children whose hearing loss was so severe they were unable to benefit from regular hearing aids. The Tactaids belong to the agency and are loaned to the families until they are able to purchase their own unit or until the child receives a cochlear implant.
Organization: Island Deaf & Hard of Hearing Centre, Nanaimo, BC
Project: Silent Weekend
Summary: This event provided a rare opportunity for deaf youth and children along with their families to come together for an educational and inspiring weekend. Deaf children had an opportunity to learn from deaf role models. Hearing parents were provided with ASL classes and deaf youth participated in workshops on positive self-image designed just for teenagers.
Organization: Association de l'ouie de l’Outaouais de Québec
Project: LSQ training and literacy for deaf youth and adults
Summary: Literacy is an enormous obstacle for deaf youth, with the average 16-year old deaf student reading at the level of a hearing 8-year old. The funds were used to help the deaf youth and adults in their community increase their literacy skills and their ability to attain employment.
Organization: Canadian International Hearing Services (CIHS)
Project: Bringing Aid to Children and Adults in Underdeveloped Countries
Summary: CIHS provides refurbished hearing aids, equipment, training and education to agencies and individuals in developing countries around the world. Through their humanitarian efforts, deaf children have received their first hearing aid, and health providers have received training to continue to help deaf and hard of hearing children and adults in their own country. |
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