National Resource Centre for Deafblindness

Since 1980, Eikholt has provided various courses and services to people with combined visual and hearing impairments, their carers and professionals/service providers.

Services Courses

Shortcuts

Safe - Competent - Creative

Eikholt is a resource and competence centre, with specialists in combined visual and hearing impairment/deafblindness. Our commitment does not stop at course activities and customised services for users. We are also committed to expertise development, research and dissemination. We want to be at the forefront, exploring new opportunities and developing new knowledge that can help change lives.

Upcoming courses

See all courses

Latest news

See all posts
Four people at a table, two and two sitting facing each other. Two people are using signs and the other two are looking towards them. Behind one of them, there is also a person making signs on their back. There is a mobility stick on the table.

Three days of learning about the use of interpreters and escorts

Last week, Eikholt conducted the first group course "How to use an interpreter/companion". 9 participants with varying experience of using an interpreter/companion took part in these days. Read about the course and the opportunity to apply for participation in the autumn:

A tablet with a programme that displays a graph. A person looks and points at the graph.

Targeted rehabilitation with audiovisual training

For many people with hearing loss, conversations in noise are a daily challenge. A new project is now helping to develop a training programme. The aim is to make it easier for people with hearing loss to understand speech.

Black dog with guide dog vest

New article on haptic communication and guide dogs

Senior advisor at Eikholt Cathrine Timm Sundin and project participant Nina Frisnes Øyan have recently had a book article published about their experiences from the haptic communication and guide dog project. Read more about the book and the results of the project here!

Picture of two people in a research project investigating whether mobility programmes are useful outdoors. They are standing by a road. A woman is holding a piece of paper in one hand and pointing ahead with the other. A man is standing next to her. He is holding a white cane in his hands and looking towards where the woman is pointing. In the background is traffic.

Are mobility programmes in hearing aids useful outdoors?

Is a mobility programme in hearing aids worth a try? Audiographer Anne-May Førland has researched this in her master's project. You can read more about this exciting project and the results here:

Did you find what you were looking for?