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Eikholt test version 2.0, new features and improvements
The Eikholt test, which is used for audiovisual mapping of speech understanding, has undergone significant improvements this autumn. At the same time, the project has received important financial support that will contribute to the national dissemination of the test.
Scripor Alphabet - a tactile presentation of colours
Rolf Lund, Researcher at Eikholt, recently attended The Chance Foundation's international conference, Reha for the blind, in Poland. One of the most important topics he will take home from this conference is the Scripor alphabet, a tactile colour alphabet. Rolf Lund believes this could revolutionise how visually impaired people relate to colours.
Smartphone - a tool for mastery
An article published in Ergoterapeuten no. 1, 2024, presents some of the possibilities offered by the telephone for mastering everyday life with impaired vision and hearing. The article also shows the use of interdisciplinary knowledge in rehabilitation.
The interpreter makes participation in cultural and sporting events possible for people with combined visual and hearing impairment
Bills need to be paid, meetings with colleagues need to be organised, food needs to be prepared. Everyday life has to be lived, but two of your senses are severely reduced or gone. That takes energy, a lot of energy! This calls for other strategies - new ways of solving everyday problems.
A more inclusive world with Haptic communication
On the 6th and 7th of November we had the pleasure of participating in the symposium "Haptics for Inclusion" at the University of Borås. Eikholt was represented at this international symposium where researchers and experts from 16 countries met to share knowledge and ideas.
Rolf was a keynote speaker at rehabilitation conferences in China
Rolf Lund was recently the keynote speaker at two major international conferences on rehabilitation in Beijing, China. The invitation came from China's Academy of Traditional Chinese Medicine, and the conference was hosted by the China Federation of the Disabled.
New RP Project - Optimising visual function in people with RP
In the autumn of 2022 and spring of 2023, a project on Eikholt will be carried out in collaboration with Hurdal Vision and Coping Centre and the RP Association. In addition, the University of Southeast Norway (USN) is involved in the project. Five students on the Nordic master's programme in visual rehabilitation/visual pedagogy will write their master's theses based on five different focus areas in the project.
The Eikholt model is launched
Eikholt has existed for more than 40 years and has been involved in continuous development in line with society in general. We have now launched our own Eikholt model that describes our practice, why we do what we do and what we want to be for users and their carers. This is an endeavour in which all Eikholt employees have participated, well led by Rolf Lund, Ann-Britt Johansson and Thomas Øverby. We are very proud to present this work, which emphasises Eikholt's values of Safe - Competent - Creative, frames our rehabilitation perspective and, not least, that this work is based on user feedback.
Eikholt report on CBS syndrome
Line Kristin Gundersen Hovland at Eikholt National Resource Centre for Deafblindness has investigated the impact of living with Charles Bonnet Syndrome (CBS) on activities of daily living, communication and social life.