Child Development Centre Of Oakville

SERVICES

Family Audiology Services
(children and adults)

Staff:

Marie Heintzman, M.S., Aud (C)
Registered Audiologist

Services:

Our family audiology department services children and adults with diverse hearing health care needs. Hearing assessments for children include advanced tests of hearing, word discrimination ability, and middle ear functioning with written report to physician. Other areas include; attention difficulties/deficits (ADD/ADHD) learning disabilities; developmental delays; Central Auditory Processing assessment and consultation with written report for physician and client; hearing aid fitting and follow-up; and CDCO team consultation. Hearing assessment and hearing aid fitting and follow-up for adults, are also available. The Centre is an Assistive Devices Program (Ministry of Health) vendor and Veterans Affairs Provider for the prescription, dispensing and sale of hearing aids and assistive listening devices.

• Hearing aid consultation to determine candidacy and find out about the latest technology (e.g. digital/programmable hearing aids, wireless FM systems remote control, complete-in-canal aids, assistive listening devices and funding options.)
• Hearing aid, FM systems and assistive listening device sales - all makes, models and sizes are available.
• Monthly battery club (automatic mailing of required battery type)
• Follow up (programming adjustments, trouble shooting)
• Ear mold impressions
• Ear plugs for swimming or noise protection

Fees:

Fees are based on the type of service being offered. Fees are subject to change.

All ages are welcome. HHAC is a registered vendor for ADP, DVA and WCB. If you know a person who is having trouble hearing and would like to know more about hearing aids or someone who already has a hearing aid but is experiencing difficulty with it, please pass along our name and number 905-849-3874.

And by the way - The Good News is: on January 1, 1999, the Assistive Devices Program of the Ministry of Health announced that adults will now receive the same hearing aid benefits as children. ADP will cover 75% of the cost, up to $500 for 1 hearing aid and up to $1000 for 2 hearing aids once every 3 years.

Staff:

Marie Heintzman, M.S., Aud (C)
Registered Audiologist

Services:

Fast ForWord, a revolutionary approach to receptive language and auditory processing remediation is aimed at children, ages 5-12 years, who present with language-learning impairments.

Fast ForWord represents a significant breakthrough following 20 years of research by Dr. Paula Talla; a specialist in the neurological basis of language at Rutgers university and Dr. Michael Merzenich, a neuroscientist a the University of California at San Francisco. The program is based on the findings that: 1) the brain is capable of reorganizing its neural patterns and through specific adaptive training techniques, rapidly learn new skills and 2) children with language based learning difficulties process the acoustic changes within speech sounds at a much slower rate than non impaired children.

Fast ForWord consists of 7 CD ROM computer games which the children play for 1 hour and 40 minutes, 5 days a week for 6-8 weeks. Using acoustically modified speech and processing to normal speech, the software is adaptive. Each child progresses at their own rate, I.e.. the difficulty level of the listening task increases with successes and decreases with errors. Compliance is a very important factor for successful results. A "pretraining" speech and language assessment is carried out in order to determine a child's eligibility for the program. A good candidate is a child who is more than 1 standard deviation below the mean in any 1 area of speech and language (including central auditory processing). The same assessment battery is carried out "post training" in order to determine gains. results of the Fast ForWord field trial, run on 500 children across Canada and in the U.S. in "95-96", revealed dramatic improvements in a child's speech and; language levels, generally seen after years of traditional therapy, in just 6-8 weeks.

The Fast ForWord program may be offered in centre, at home, or in school, depending in the availability if the required hardware, Internet connection and staff to monitor the student. The Fast ForWord fee is comprised of 1) Scientific Learning Corporations software training license ($1150.00 Cdn plus tax) and 2) CDCO's fee for maintaining the program. The latter is dependant on the site in which the program is carried out. For further information, please contact Marie Heintzman.

Fast ForWord workshops are available on request at the Child Development Centre of Oakville. These provide parents with information regarding:

1. research behind Fast ForWord
2. Field Study results
3. CDCO's results
4. eligibility criteria
5. technical requirements, and
6. a viewing of the actual computer games.

Services:

• Reference books, reprints, and articles available to professionals, centre clients, and the public
• Videotapes (communication and hearing disorders)
• Materials for the treatment of communication disorders and hearing impairments

Staff:

Tracie Lindblad, M.Sc., M.Ed.
Registered Speech-Language Pathologist

Lynn Dupuis, M. Cl. Sc.
Registered Speech-Language Pathologist

Caroline Cappella, M.A.
Registered Speech-Language Pathologist

Debbie Hughes , M.Sc.
Registered Speech-Language Pathologist

Jennifer Jahnke, B.A., CDA
Communication Disorders Assistant

Katherine Schmidt, B.A.
Speech-Language Assistant

Services:

• Assessment, diagnosis of speech and language disorders and/or delays, and intervention
  • Speech disorders (articulation, phonology, and motor speech difficulties
  • Fluency
  • Language and developmental delays
  • Language-learning disabilities
  • Reading, spelling, and written language deficits or delays
  • Pragmatic language deficit (social use of language)
• Individual, small groups, and large group therapy
• School and home consultation and training
• Augmentative communication assessments (ADP individual authorizer)
• Specialized training programs for early language simulation and development
• Visual materials and aids to promote communication

Fees:

Fees for speech and language and audiological services including assessment, consultation, individual therapy, small group therapy, specialized programs, and written reports are guided by the recommendations from the College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Ontario (CASLPO) and the Ontario Speech and Language Association (OSLA).

Extended health insurance plans may cover many of the services offered. Statements for insurance purposes will be provided free of charge upon full payment. Receipts are also provided for reimbursement of expenses through personal income tax.

Speech and Language services are billed to the family directly. An itemized statement for insurance purposes will be provided free of charge upon receipt of payment.

I) Assessments

Includes: case history; informal and standardized testing; reviewing relevant reports/information from outside agencies; test interpretation; parent feedback regarding findings and recommendations; and report.

II) Individual Therapy

** please note fees do not apply to specialized summer groups

scheduled at the end of therapy block or on parent request to review therapy goals and outcomes and/or determine further course intervention

III) Consultation

Services:

• Student placements available for Speech-Language Pathology students within Canadian University programs
• Student placement available for Communication Disorders Assistant (CDA) students within Canadian College and University programs
• Student placements available for individuals in secondary schools, college, and university programs who require volunteer hours for specific programs

Services:

• In-service training and professional development available on a variety of topic within the fields of of audiology and speech-language pathology
• Parent and caregiver workshops
• Public presentations

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Child Development Centre Of Oakville is located at:
410 North Service Road East, Unit 1, Oakville, Ontario L6H 5R2
Phone: (905) 849-7993  v Fax: (905) 849-0424  v E-Mail: chris@cdco.com

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