See how volunteers from The Canadian Hearing Society (CHS) used a unique giveaway to launch the "Keep on Listening" hearing protection campaign yesterday at Yonge-Dundas Square.

There is a growing concern amongst audiologists, physicians and other hearing healthcare providers that personal music players, also known as MP3 players, such as Apple Computer's iPod, are setting the stage for a generation of kids who will develop noise induced hearing loss due to blaring music into their ears. With some 42 million iPods flying off retail shelves and into the ear canals of North Americans since 2001, it is estimated that 28% of the population now owns one of these devices.

To Hon. Dalton McGuinty, Premier of Ontario

On behalf of The Canadian Hearing Society we thank you for taking the next step in Fire Safety Consultation and to working with the Ontario Fire Marshall and other stakeholders who will be participating in an advisory group to examine long-term fire safety provisions.

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Dear Dr. Bennett,

Re: Video Relay Services in Canada

Thank you for our meeting of March 30, 2012 and the opportunity to discuss the proceedings of the CRTC in reviewing the request by Deaf and hard of hearing Canadians for Video Relay Services.

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Dear Speaker Scheer,

On the behalf of The Canadian Association of the Deaf, the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, The Canadian Hearing Society and the hundreds of thousands of culturally Deaf, oral deaf, deafened and hard of hearing Canadians that we serve and represent, we wish to draw to your attention to the fact that the televised proceedings of the House of Commons are not currently captioned in both English and French beyond the daily Oral Question Period.

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