Speech Language Therapy @ Five Countries Children’s Center

​Speech-language therapy helps children with communication problems including feeding, swallowing, articulation, language, voice and stuttering. Services are available for children from birth to secondary school exit. Infant Hearing Screening, Approximately 24 hours after birth, infants may have their hearing screened by a trained screener from the Centre at Peterborough Regional Health Centre. Children born with support from a midwife may also be screened by the midwife within a few days of their birth. Babies who ‘refer’ on the initial screening will be seen for follow-up at the community screening clinic and-or by the program’s audiologist. Permanent Childhood Hearing Impairment Services, This program includes children with permanent hearing impairments as diagnosed by an audiologist. Services available to these children and their families include family support, communication development, audiology and hearing aid management.