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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.
Helen Keller and Ragnhild Kaata were both inspirations for the establishment of Eikholt.

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.
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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.
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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.
Rolf Mjønes and Anne May Førland are sitting at a table with 3D-printed hands. Also on the table are large letters with TR25, which stands for Tactile Reading 2025. In the background is a canal with boats.

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:

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User survey 2025 gives Eikholt good feedback

The 2025 user survey gives Eikholt good feedback. The aim of user surveys is to map the quality of services provided to users, reputation and how satisfied users are with Eikholt in general. This year's survey achieved a response rate of 44%, which is good for this type of survey and at the same level as in 2023. Read more about what's most important to users and what we'll be working on next.

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User involvement at Eikholt - together we develop good services

At Eikholt, the user is at the centre. We believe that the best services are offered and developed when the people who actually use them are involved in shaping them. Find out more about user involvement at Eikholt here.
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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 Fossum is sitting at a table. Next to him is an interpreter speaking into a roger pen.

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.
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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?

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