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Thomas Øverby has been appointed interim CEO at Eikholt
After several years, Thomas Øverby Eikholt takes over as interim CEO. Together with the management team and Eikholtemployees, he will help ensure continuity and further develop the services to the benefit of people with deafblindness and their close relatives.
Self-sufficiency for people with deafblindness - how to prepare for a crisis?
Norwegian authorities recommend that everyone should be able to manage on their own for a week in a crisis situation. For people with deafblindness, it is especially important to plan how to obtain information, communicate, and use necessary assistive devices in the event of a power outage, mobile phone outage, or internet outage.
My white stick: More than just a tool
Randi Espeland has used a white cane since she received mobility training at the end of the 1960s. For her, the cane is both an important tool and a means of communication that provides safety, independence, and freedom to move in everyday life. On White Cane Day, she encourages more people to use the white cane.
Kurs catalogue 2027
This catalog describes group courses for 2027, for those with combined visual and hearing impairments/blindness, your close relatives, and professionals. The courses are now open for applications.
How is the world experienced when sight and hearing are different?
How do we find our way without sight? What does trust mean when we have to rely on others? And how can we communicate when we cannot hear? During Research Days 2026, students at Konnerud School will explore how sight and hearing help us in everyday life, and what happens when these senses function differently.
Course catalogue 2026 from Eikholt
The course catalogue for 2026 is currently being sent out to all those who have received courses from Eikholt over the past five years. The course catalogue from Eikholt describes courses for people with combined visual and hearing impairment/deafblindness, their families and professionals. Read more and download the course catalogue here:
Eikholt offers three engaging presentations during the Research Days
On Monday 22 September, we invite you to an afternoon of lectures as part of Research Days 2025. This year's theme is safety. The lectures will focus on how the interaction between sight and hearing contributes to safety in everyday life. Just turn up, the event is open to everyone. No registration is required and there will be light refreshments.
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:
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.
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.