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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.
27 June - International Day of Deafblindness
Today marks a historic milestone in the work to raise awareness of deafblindness and promote the rights of people living with double sensory loss. The United Nations General Assembly has decided that 27 June will be the International Day of Deafblindness from 2025 onwards.
Eikholt and Hørselsforbundet receive funding from the DAM Foundation
There was great joy when Eikholt and Hørselsforbundet (formerly Hørselshemmedes Landsforbund) were awarded funding from the DAM Foundation for two new projects. The projects are led by Rolf Mjønes and Rolf Lund, and focus on the development of a new audiovisual training programme and multi-sensory architecture for people with impaired vision and hearing, respectively.
Eikholt takes over the Haptics app: Pocket edition
Haptics: Pocket edition, an app developed by Hapti-Co, has been an important resource for people with vision loss and combined visual and hearing impairment/deafblindness. Now Eikholt has taken over ownership and entered into a partnership with Hapti-Co. The aim is to develop the app on a new platform so that it can once again be accessible to everyone. This collaboration will ensure that the app can continue to support users, carers and professionals.
Method for 3D-printed sign language alphabet well received
Eikholt's audiographers Rolf Mjønes and Anne-May Førland have this week participated in the "Tactile Reading" conference in Amsterdam. Here they presented the project "Method for scanning and 3D printing of the two-handed alphabet". The conference has over 500 participants from all over the world. You can read more about the conference and the presentation here:
Open positions at Eikholt
We are looking for a professional with a background as a sign language interpreter and experience of working with combined sensory loss/deafblindness. You must want to work innovatively with professional and service development and close user contact. Perhaps you also have interests and hobbies that could be useful in our courses? You can read more about the position here.
Svein is committed to social policy
Svein Fossum lives in Hønefoss. He is known for his involvement in socio-political issues and is therefore not completely unfamiliar with the political world. He is one of the participants in the group course who has discussed and prepared topical issues for meetings with politicians in Parliament. Here he gives you an insight into what such a group course can contain and how he helped to prepare and provide input to politicians from several parties.
What are filter glasses and how do you get them?
"Now it's good to have filter glasses". These are the words of Astrid Helene Furulund. She is an active lady with a combined visual and hearing impairment. Astrid has been wearing filter glasses for the past five years. She thinks more people should have access to them. But what are filter glasses and how do you go about getting them?
Aashild, Turid and Ruchipa enter retirement
Three wonderful ladies, who have not only been colleagues, but also friends and supporters to many, are retiring from the New Year. Their retirement is what we call a celebration of dedication for people with combined visual and hearing impairment.
The political system - election 2025 - Sondre is a lecturer
In 2025, a series of courses on "The political system - election 2025" has been organised. This is a course about the political system in Norway and the parliamentary elections in 2025.When is it clear that Sondre Varpe will contribute as a lecturer in these courses.