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Two people walking along a guide line. One has a mobility cane. Tall buildings and people in the background.

Eikholt report on user-controlled personal assistance (BPA) out now!

Senior advisor at Eikholt, Victoria Falen, has conducted a survey on how user-controlled personal assistance (BPA) works for people with deafblindness. Eikholt has now published a report that summarises the results of this survey.

Anne-May and Victoria are standing outside. Anne-May is smiling and wearing a grey jacket, Victoria is smiling and wearing an orange jacket and a black sweater. In the background, houses and buildings.

Two master's degrees completed!

Two of Eikholt's employees have now completed their master's degree! In May 2025, audiographer Anne-May Førland handed in her master's thesis on "Mobility programme in hearing aids for people with combined visual and hearing impairment/deafblindness". At the same time, senior counsellor and social worker Victoria Falen handed in her master's thesis on "User-controlled personal assistance (BPA) - A service for people with combined sensory impairment/deafblindness" Read more about this here:
Cover image of NIPH report on disabilities related to vision and hearing

Report reveals knowledge gaps in research on living with deafblindness 

The Norwegian Institute of Public Health has mapped 248 Norwegian studies on visual and hearing impairments and deafblindness. The report shows large gaps in knowledge about what it is like to live with deafblindness for people in Norway. Read more about this here:

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