Eikholt Conference 2025 Orientation and Mobility - The Way Forward

Do you meet people with visual and hearing impairments? Do you and they need to know about developments in orientation and mobility? What can we learn from sharing experiences? The Eikholt conference aims to highlight new knowledge and showcase opportunities in orientation and mobility.

Who is the conference for?

The Eikholt conference is aimed at vision and mobility educators, vision and hearing contacts in municipalities, staff in kindergartens, schools and adult education, audiographers, opticians, occupational therapists and others who work with rehabilitation and have an interest in vision, hearing and mobility training. The conference is open to all.

Time and place

Time: 27 - 28 August 2025

Location: Physically at Eikholt - there will be no streaming this time. We make recordings of lectures we get permission to share afterwards.

Language: Norsk/Engelsk/Norsk Tegnspråk

Deadline for enrolment: 15 August.

What is orientation and mobility? 

Orientation is about knowing where you are in relation to your surroundings. Mobility means movement. When orientating and moving from one place to another, there are three questions you need to consider: 

• Where am I?
• Where am I going?
• How do I get there?

Research shows that orientation and mobility are issues that many people with combined visual and hearing impairments are concerned about, and it is a field that places great demands on those who work professionally in this area. Hearing, the tactile sense and sight must be used differently to get from A to Z. The Eikholt Conference has a tradition of presenting new research, projects, technology and experiences from practical fields and everyday life.

Program

Det jobbes fortsatt med de siste bitene i programmet, men du kan laste ned programmet i PDF-format her: Program Eikholt-konferansen 2025.

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Forelesere

Her finner du presentasjon av forelesere, det er bare å glede seg! Flere vil snart bli presentert.

Severine Kas

“ Severine knew from a young age that she wanted to become an architect.  

From the age of 28 till 38 she worked with great passion for ten years as an architect, focusing on projects in healthcare, education, and residential housing. At the age of 23, she was diagnosed with the progressive Usher syndrome, which gradually impaired her vision and hearing.  

While it was difficult to let go of her career as an architect, her curiosity and desire to explore new skills opened new doors. She became a change facilitator at Bartiméus, where she gained a deeper understanding of the organization and the world of visual and auditory accessibility. 

As a change facilitator and creative driver at Bartiméus, she contributed to the establishment of an expertise center for accessibility. The focus was not just on the individual, but also on society and the built environment. How can we shape the physical world to ensure as few people as possible are excluded? This is the essence of Universal Design. 

For the past ten years, Severine has been working at Stichting Accessibility, part of Bartiméus, as an accessibility consultant. She advises museums and municipalities and develops knowledge on standards and visual accessibility—knowledge that is still lacking to truly design the built environment universally. Giving lectures in education and building sector gives her a lot of energy. 

Her unique combination of architectural expertise and personal experience as a deafblind woman makes her a strong advocate for universal design, with a mission to create an inclusive and accessible world for everyone.” 

Rolf Lund

Rolf Lund er forsker ved Eikholt. Han er utdannet spesialist i pedagogisk-psykologisk rådgivning og synspedagogikk. Han har tidligere arbeidet på Hjelpemiddelsentral, som lærer i skoleverket og som leder av PP-tjenesten med ansvar for syns- og audiopedagogiske tjenester.

I tillegg har Rolf vært daglig leder i sitt eget hjelpemiddelfirma, forsker ved SINTEF og Arbeidsforskningsinstituttet, samt amanuensis ved Spesialpedagogisk institutt ved Universitetet i Oslo. 

Hans forskningsfokus ligger på brukermedvirkning og hvordan fysiske omgivelser påvirker mulighetene for samfunnsdeltakelse for personer med døvblindhet. 

Åshild L. Johansen

Åshild L. Johansen er pensjonist og aktivt i organisasjonsarbeid. Hun har vært leder i Landsforbundet for kombinert syns- og hørselshemmede (LSHDB) i 25 år. 

Åshild har utdannet seg som konsulent innen tegnspråk og haptiske signaler. Hun har gått på kurs på Eikholt for å lære om ekkolokalisering av Thomas Tvedt og senere av Line Hovland. Et spennende prosjekt hun opplever som nyttig, det å få tilbakemelding av ekko via høreapparat. På konferansen vil Åshild dele av sin erfaring knyttet til dette.

Anne-May Førland

Anne-May er audiograf med bachelorgrad i audiologi. Våren 2025 er hun ferdig med sin mastergrad i klinisk helsevitenskap og audiologi fra NTNU i Trondheim. Masteroppgaven «Mobilitetsprogram i høreapparater for personer med kombinert syns- og hørselsnedsettelse/døvblindhet» undersøker hvordan høreapparater kan justeres for å fungere best mulig for døvblinde utendørs i situasjoner hvor man må orientere seg ved hjelp av hørselen.  

Anne-May holder seg oppdatert på ny forskning og er interessert i genetikk, hørsel, orientering og mobilitet, retningshørsel, ekkolokalisering og hørselsrehabilitering. Ved Eikholt har hun ansvar for individuelle hørselskurs, introduksjonskurs og gruppekurs « 

På konferansen vil hun holde to innlegg, ett om Hørselens rolle i orientering og mobilitet og ett  om høreapparater tilpasset for å høre omgivelseslyd. Anne May er en foreleser med mye kunnskap på hørselsområdet og holder engasjerende presentasjoner.  

Prices and registration

• Conference fee: 2090,- includes lunch and refreshments on both days
• Single room 1550,- per room per night, including breakfast
• Double room 2150,- per room per night, including breakfast
• Dinner on the evening of 27 August: 690,-

Do you have any questions?

If you have questions about accommodation or practical questions related to travelling to and from, please contact our switchboard on telephone 456 14 404 or email: post@eikholt.no
 
If you have any questions about the programme or participation, please contact Tanja Teigum by email: tanja.teigum@eikholt.no
 
Questions related to invoicing can be directed to Mona Borrmann by email: mona.borrmann@eikholt.no

Presentation and recordings from previous Eikholt conferences

We have collected presentations and recordings from previous Eikholt conferences under the Knowledge Vault. You can find this here:

Conferences and webinars Archive - Eikholt

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