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• Provides Stage 1 hearing screening for newborn infants
• Provides audiology services for those who are deemed high risk for hearing loss and/or have a referral to the program
• Offers communication development intervention through auditory verbal therapists, sign language instructors, speech language pathology services or a combination of the above mentioned services
• Offers family support services

North Bay Regional Health Centre is the lead agency for the Northeast Infant Hearing Program (IHP) and provides Regional Training and Coordination of all the Northeast IHP screeners

Provides a variety of information, programs, and resources for persons with disabilities and education of the general public

Delivers programs including:

• Accessible Modifications
• Aphasia Services
• Assistive / Accessible Devices
• Employment Service Centre
• Life Skills and Transitional Services
• Polio / Post-polio Services
• Stroke / Brain Injury Services
• Recreation and Integration Services

• Provides assessment, individualized rehabilitation, and integrated services
• Works with an individual's physician to develop a treatment program
• Assists employers with workplace health and safety management

Provides various therapies and services, including:

• Chiropractic therapy
• Driver assessment and rehabilitation
• Education
• Ergonomic assessments
• Home care support
• Massage Therapy
• Mobility assessments
• Nursing
• Occupational Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Pool therapy
• Post concussive rehabilitation
• Rehabilitation
• Workplace health and safety programs
• Work re-integration services

Find other Rehab Clinic locations offered by CBI Health here

Provides assistance with personal care and activities of daily living

Offers the following services:

• Assistance with eating
• Assistance with mobility, positioning, and transferring
• Assistance with rising and retiring
• Bathing/showering and washing
• Bowel and Bladder routine
• Dressing/undressing
• Essential communication
• Exercising
• Light house cleaning/home management
• Meal preparation
• Medication monitoring
• Tracheotomy care where the needs of the person are stable

• Provides confidential counselling, education, advocacy
• Offers family, relationship, and individual counselling

Offers counselling in the following areas:

• Deaf identity
• Depression, anxiety or bipolar issues
• Domestic violence
• Grief and loss
• Life transitions
• Parenting and family challenges
• Personal development
• Relationship difficulties
• Sexuality
• Substance use
• Trauma (present or past)

• Assists individuals who suffer from a hearing loss improve their communication with family and friends, stay involved in social activities, and remain safe and independent at home
• Educates care providers, service providers, and support groups on how to provide accessible services for individuals with hearing loss

Provides a variety of services, including:

Communication Devices

• Provides information, demonstrations, and assistance with assistive listening technology, specialized telephones, and alerting devices

Education

• Provides family support and communication training, self-help and support groups, and in-service training to home-support providers

Home Visits

• Provides in-home counselling to individuals, families, and other caregivers related to coping with a hearing loss
• Helps with the use, care, and maintenance of hearing aids
• Provides referrals to other community services

• Provides a step-by-step approach to coping with hearing loss and improving communication skills
• Provides information about physical and technical aspects of hearing loss

Helps individuals learn about:

• Assertiveness training and stress management
• Hearing loss and hearing aids
• Communication devices
• Speech reading and communication strategies

Provides hearing testing through the use of an audiogram to determine degree and type of hearing loss

• Provides advice and counselling about all major hearing devices on the market to enable individual to make the best choice
• Offers advice about the benefits and limitations of the hearing aid, how to best use it and how to clean and maintain it
• Provides a 60-day trial period on all hearing aids
• Offers a home visitation program for seniors
• Provides hearing aid programming/setting
• Offers servicing and repair of hearing aids either locally or through manufacturer
• Provides consultations and possible helps for individuals with tinnitus; gives referrals to other medical professionals and testing

Offers intervenors who provide clear and accurate auditory, visual, and environmental information to allow individuals to participate fully in all aspects of daily and community living

Provides intervenors who assist in activities including:

• Educational pursuits
• Medical appointments
• Personal business and legal affairs
• Social services
• Transportation to and from appointments

Offers guidance, advocacy, support and counselling

• Provides assistance in form filling, including but not limited to government forms and applications
• Offers staff who are able to attend meetings between individuals and government case workers
• Provides information and assistance in advocating for an individual's rights
• Assists individuals who are facing challenges with government services
• Provides assessments and recommendation for communication devices

Provides employment consultants that provide personalized employment counselling and can assist with:

• Job search challenges related to hearing loss
• Career planning
• Resume and cover letter services
• Leads and referrals to potential job opportunities
• Preparing for interviews
• Arranging an interpreter or live translation of speech to text (CART) for interviews

Offers additional on the job support by working with the individual and the employer to:

• Find assistive technology and communication devices
• Identify and implement appropriate workplace accommodations for a barrier-free work environment
• Provide communication workshops for co-workers

Also provides employment services for employers and students

• Provides a variety of programs and services to children and young adults with motor and communication impairments
• Offers assessment, treatment, consultation and education

Offers the following services:

• Occupational Therapy
• Physiotherapy
• Social Work
• Speech Language Pathology

Offers the following programs:

• Assistive Communication Clinic
• Fit N Fun
• Move 2 Improve
• Outpatient Program
• PATH (Preschool Assessment and Therapy)
• Snoezelen Pool Therapy
• Rural Services
• Specialty Clinics, such as Feeding Service, Seating and Mobility service
• SPOT (Speech, Physio, Occupational Therapy)

Functions as the regional office for Northern Ontario

Assistive Technology Services

• Sells specialized technology and products to assist with tasks of daily living
• Provides information about the availability, selection, use and purchase of devices
• Accessible catalogues can be ordered via telephone
• Local offices can provide in person training and technical support
• Access to online webstore here

Emotional and Wellness Support

• Provides a venue to discuss work, home life, activities of daily living, or leisure and community participation, through support groups, the Vision Mate program and immediate, confidential telephone support through the Helpline

Independent Living Services and Independent Travel Instruction

• Specialists provide instruction and assistance to build everyday skills and confidence in one-on-one or group settings to learn to live and travel with vision loss

Library

• Provides access to material in Braille, print Braille, talking books; descriptive videos; newspapers, and magazines
• Browse the digital collection online here

• Operates as a community seniors' centre offering recreational activities, educational programs/workshops and various support services
• Sends a monthly activity/workshops calendar to community seniors
• Offers Centre rentals to community members for various activities

Coordinates the following support services:

• Friendly visiting
• Help Line
• Home maintenance and snow shovelling
• Transportation for shopping and errands

Diner's Club

• Provides hot meals at the Centre 3 days per week
• Offers a time of socialization for community seniors

Also coordinates:

• Meals on Wheels Program

• Operates as a physiotherapy and rehabilitation clinic
• Provides a team of sport medicine physicians, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, registered massage therapists, and rehabilitation assistants
• Orders diagnostic imaging tests, including MRI, CT scans, or ultrasound, if required

Assesses and treats a variety of conditions, including:

• Arthritis pain
• Concussion and mild traumatic brain injury
• Hand injuries
• Knee ligament injuries
• Neck and back pain
• Whiplash injuries

Provides a variety of non-medically based support services to assist people with physical disabilities, including:

• Attendant Care Supportive Housing
• Attendant Outreach
• Enhanced Congregate Care
• Loan Out Cupboard
• Post-Stroke Rehabilitation Program
• Transition to Home Program

Provides variety of information, programs and resources for persons with disabilities and education of the general public

Delivers programs including:

• Accessible Modifications
• Aphasia Services
• Assistive / Accessible Devices
• Employment Service Centre
• Life Skills and Transitional Services
• Polio / Post-polio Services
• Stroke / Brain Injury Services
• Recreation and Integration Services

Provides a variety of in-home health care services

Home Support

• Acquired Brain Injury
• Alzheimer's and dementia care
• Companion Aide
• Homemaking
• Palliative Care
• Personal Care

Respite

• Respite Care

Nursing

• Chronic disease management
• Foot care
• Palliative Care
• Post hospitalization care
• Post hospitalization intravenous care
• Wound Care
• Senior wellness checks

Temporarily closed due to COVID - call Toll Free 1-800-518-0000 or email info@chs.ca for more information on virtual services

Provides employment consultants that provide personalized employment counselling and can assist with:

• Job search challenges related to hearing loss
• Career planning
• Resume and cover letter services
• Leads and referrals to potential job opportunities
• Preparing for interviews
• Arranging an interpreter or live translation of speech to text (CART) for interviews

Offers additional on the job support by working with the individual and the employer to:

• Find assistive technology and communication devices
• Identify and implement appropriate workplace accommodations for a barrier-free work environment
• Provide communication workshops for co-workers

Also provides employment services for employers and students

Temporarily closed due to COVID - call Toll Free 1-800-518-0000 or email info@chs.ca for more information on virtual services

• Provides confidential counselling, education and advocacy
• Offers family, relationship, and individual counselling

Offers counselling in the following areas:

• Deaf identity
• Depression, anxiety or bipolar issues
• Domestic violence
• Grief and loss
• Life transitions
• Parenting and family challenges
• Personal development
• Relationship difficulties
• Sexuality
• Substance use
• Trauma (present or past)

Temporarily closed due to COVID - call Toll Free 1-800-518-0000 or email info@chs.ca for more information on virtual services

Offers guidance, advocacy, support and counselling

• Provides assistance in form filling, including but not limited to government forms and applications
• Offers staff who are able to attend meetings between individuals and government case workers
• Provides information and assistance in advocating for an individual's rights
• Assists individuals who are facing challenges with government services
• Provides assessments and recommendation for communication devices