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• About 4 in 1000 babies are born deaf or hard of hearing, or will develop hearing loss in early childhood
• With new technologies, babies can be identified as young as a few hours after birth.
• The Ministry of Health and Long Term Care has implemented a comprehensive program to identify these babies and provide them with the supports and services that they need.
• In the District of Thunder Bay, the Infant Hearing Program is provided through the Thunder Bay District Health Unit Speech Language Pathology and Audiology Program.