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Accessibility · July 2026
Hearing loops arrive at three Ottawa Loblaws stores
Ottawa keeps getting easier to hear in. Loblaws, working with CHHA National, has put hearing loops into three Ottawa stores: Loblaws Carlingwood (2125 Carling Ave, Ottawa), Loblaws Nepean (1980 Robertson Rd, Nepean) and Loblaws South Keys (2210 Bank St, Ottawa).
Hearing loops transmit sound wirelessly, directly to the T-coil in a hearing aid, bypassing background noise for a clearer, more amplified listening experience. If your hearing aid is not T-coil enabled, speak to your audiologist or hearing instrument practitioner about having it activated.
The latest from the Branch.
The Cochlear Implant Program of The Ottawa Hospital would like to inform you that Christine McIlquham will be retiring on August 31, 2026.
The Branch is marking a new chapter in 2026 with a refreshed brand, an updated Facebook page, a new Instagram presence, and this new website.
The reports from the 2026 Annual General Meeting are now online for members to read.
To lead the FICS project, the Branch has hired a part time Project Officer who is hard of hearing and brings years of disability advocacy experience from across Ontario.
In August 2025, the CHHA-NCR Branch was awarded a five-year subcontract from CHHA National for the FICS project: live-captioned workshops and inclusive-communication training for seniors, with nine Ottawa partner organizations.
At the Desjardins “Dream Your Community” award ceremony, the Branch received funding for its Let's Talk speechreading and communication-strategies courses, which ran successfully for several years.
In 2010 the Branch hosted Ottawa's first Walk2Hear, growing public awareness and bringing the hard-of-hearing community together.
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