Dual Sensorial Impairment Program
‑ Adults and Seniors

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Clientele

Adults and seniors, 18 years old and over, with a combination of hearing and vision loss.

Services offered:

• Assessment of auditory and communication skills
• Assessment of functional vision, visual skills training and ocular health assessment as determined by a specialized optometric evaluation and equipment.
• Psychosocial support and counseling for the client and significant other
• Counselling and training in strategies for improved communication with family and surroundings
• Assessment and training for autonomy in activities of daily living
• Assessment and training in orientation and mobility
• Assessment and training in communication skills
• Assessment and training in the use of technical aids and adapted computer aids
• Assessment, counselling and training in the use of technical aids for the Deaf and Hard-of-hearing
• Complete before and after cochlear implant rehabilitation program which includes:
• • Complete Intensive Functional Rehabilitation (IFR) Program after a cochlear implant
  • Technical support for cochlear implant (Troubleshooting and emergency service: 514-488-5552, ext. 4016)
• Support for integration into the community, work and leisure activities

A multidisciplinary team of professionals working in collaboration to respond to the needs identified by the client/parents from the following disciplines:

• Audiology
• Optometry
• Orientation and Mobility
• Social Work
• Special Care Counselling
• Speech & Language Pathology
• Vision Rehabilitation

Types of interventions:

• Individual Interventions
• Individual, couple and Family Counseling
• Group Interventions

Services are offered:

• At the MAB site
• In the person’s environment (home, school, workplace)
• At one of our two satellite offices:
• • Jewish Rehabilitation Hospital, Laval
  • West Island CSSS, Pointe-Claire

Other services and partnerships:

• Braille lending library
• Services for Assistive Technology: Visual Impairment
• Services for Assistive Technology: Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing
• Technical Aids boutique
• Day Centre for visually impaired seniors
• Cheerio Club, a weekly recreational activity
• Employment services
• Partnerships and referrals to Community Resources

To access services:

• The person must be diagnosed with a sensorineural or permanent conductive hearing loss with at least 25 decibels of loss in the better ear.
• Eligibility for the RAMQ funding program for aids and devices requires that a client have a visual acuity in the better eye after correction of <20/70 or <6/21, or whose visual field in each eye is less than 60° in the 180° or 90° meridians after correction with the appropriate ophthalmic lenses.
• The referral source must include a copy of a recent eye report (<1 year) as well as any other pertinent medical and professional reports (Occupational Therapy, Physiotherapy, Psychology, Optometry, etc.) along with the Request for Services form (DSIE) for professionals working within the Ministry of Health and Social Services Network or the inter-establishment referral form.
• All documents must be sent to Admissions.

For more information:

Paulette Arsenault, Program Manager
– parsenau@ssss.gouv.qc.ca
Telephone: 514-488-5552, ext. 2800