• Fit hearing aids that are prescribed by your child‘s audiologist
• Provide on-going care and maintenance of hearing devices
• Counsel families about what hearing devices can and cannot do, how to use them, and how to care for them
• Provide information about current listening technology Assistive Listening Devices (e.g., FM systems, alerting systems, TTYs etc.)
• Assist families with third party funding

• Conduct hearing assessments to identify hearing loss and to monitor hearing throughout the preschool years
• Support families in making decisions about signed language development services
• Evaluate hearing technology to select and fit the most appropriate type for child’s needs. Regularly assess how well hearing devices are working for your child
• Provide ongoing care and maintenance of hearing devices
• Counsel families about what hearing devices can and cannot do, how to use them, and how to care for them
• Inform families about assistive listening devices, if appropriate for your child

Regulated Audiologists with training in IHP protocols

• Conduct hearing assessments to identify hearing loss and to monitor hearing throughout the preschool years
• Support families in making decisions about signed language development services
• Evaluate hearing technology to select and fit the most appropriate type for child’s needs. Regularly assess how well hearing devices are working for your child
• Provide ongoing care and maintenance of hearing devices
• Counsel families about what hearing devices can and cannot do, how to use them, and how to care for them
• Inform families about assistive listening devices, if appropriate for your child

• Assess your child’s communication skills: spoken or signed language
• Help develop your child’s speech, language, listening and early literacy skills through strategies such as parent education, guidance and coaching on listening and/or language facilitation techniques
• Educate parents on the effects of hearing loss on the development of communication
• Provide connections to community programs and other families who have children who are deaf or hard of hearing
• Support families with transition to daycare and/or school