Resource Links

Hearing & Hearing Loss

• How hearing works (MED-EL) - Video
• Types or hearing loss (MED-EL) - Video
• KidsHealth - Ears
• About Hearing - BC Children's Hospital

Tinnitus

• Tinnitus Questionnaire: Tinnitus Handicap Inventory
• Can you hear it?
• What does tinnitus sound like?
  
• St. Paul's Hospital Tinnitus Clinic (Vancouver, BC)
• Hope for Tinnitus (Calgary, AB)
• Mindfulness-Based Tinnitus Stress Reduction (MBTSR) - Jennifer Gans
• Canadian Tinnitus & Hyperacusis Centre
• Canadian Tinnitus Foundation
• British Tinnitus Association
• Tinnitus & Hyperacusis Center - Pawel J. Jastreboff
• American Tinnitus Association

*Yes - kids can have tinnitus!

• Childhood Tinnitus - Hearing Health Foundation
• Children and tinnitus - Hear-It
• Tinnitus in childhood - KidsAudiologist
• When your child has tinnitus

Vertigo | Dizziness | Balance

• BC Balance and Dizziness Disorders Society (BADD)
• HealthLinkBC: Benign Paroxysmal Positional Vertigo (BPPV).
• Ménière's Disease

Auditory Processing Disorder (APD)

• Centre for ADHD Awareness, Canada - APD
• Auditory Processing Disorder - KidsHealth
• BC Children's Hospital - APD Booklet
• eMentalHealth.ca - APD

Noise & Music Protection

• Musicians' Clinics of Canada
• Hearing Education & Awareness for Rockers (H.E.A.R.)
• Canadian Centre for Occupational Health & Safety
• Custom Protect Ear (nice list of products overview)
• WorkSafeBC - Hearing Loss Prevention Program
• Noise-induced hearing loss - Health Canada

Financial Assistance

• Veterans Affairs Canada (VAC)  |  Audio Services - POC 3
• WorkSafeBC  |  Form: 4
• First Nations Health Authority  |  Medical Supplies & Equipment
• Ministry of Social Development & Social Innovation (MSDSI)  |  Hearing Aids

Organizations

• British Columbia Association of Speech Language Pathologists & Audiologists (BCASLPA)
• College of Speech & Hearing Health Professionals (CSHHPBC)
• Canadian Academy of Audiology (CAA)
• Speech-Language & Audiology Canada (SAC)
• Canadian Hard of Hearing Association (CHHA)  |  BC Chapter  |  BC Parent's Branch
• Canadian Hearing Society
• VOICE for Hearing Impaired Children

Research & Journals

• Canadian Audiologist
• Canadian Hearing Report
• The Hearing Journal
• Hearing Health Magazine
• Allied Hearing Health Magazine
• Vibes (Canadian Hearing Society)
• Listen / Écoute
• Sound Matters

Canadian Training Programs

• Western University (formerly Univ. of Western Ontario)  |  Audiology Programs
• University of British Columbia  |  Audiology Program
• Dalhousie University  |  Audiology Program
• University of Ottawa  |  Audiology Program (French)
• Université de Montréal  |  Audiology Program (French)