Provides services to increase the independence of people who are culturally deaf, oral deaf, deafened

CHS Interpreting & Translation Services (OIS)

• professional sign-language interpreters
• set fee - organizations and businesses are responsible for the cost of making their services accessible no matter who requests the interpretation service
• advance booking preferred
• for after hours emergency interpreter services for health and mental health emergencies, contact:
  • CHS Interpreting & Translation Services, After Hours Emergency Interpreter Service at 1-866-256-5142 or TTY: 1-866-831-4657 or
  • email urgent@chs.ca or awareham@chs.ca

Communication Devices Program

• carries a wide variety of devices to assist individuals who are deaf, deafened and hard of hearing including TTYs (text telephones), visual smoke detectors, baby monitors, signaling devices and alarm clocks
• registered ADP vendor for Teletypewriter for the Deaf

Mon-Fri 9 am-5 pm

• Call for information
• If in crisis, email urgent@chs.ca or awareham@chs.ca