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Useful guide for interacting with people with deafblindness
Interacting with people with deafblindness is a guide that NAV has created as an e-learning course for personnel in the surroundings of people with combined visual and hearing impairment/deafblindness.
Health sports / activity weeks
Haptic communication
Haptic communication is signals given to a person via the sense of touch. The signals describe the surroundings and convey visual and auditory impressions
Communication with all senses - in two parts
(the course is suitable for everyone, but is specially organised for sign language users)
Karine V. Hestholm at Deafblind International
During the ninth European conference "Touch of closeness" organised by Deafblind International (DbI), Karine V. Hestholm presented her story in front of hundreds of participants from all over the world. In this article written for Eikholt, she describes her message and shares her experience of contributing to DbI.
Nature Sculpture. A course for young people and adults with congenital deafblindness.
For people with congenital deafblindness, Eikholt offers a week-long course at Johnsgård Tourist Centre in Engerdal. The aim is to experience communication, interaction and mastery through meaningful activities and artistic experiences. The application deadline is 1 May.
Project report: Time for Hearing
Through the "Time for Hearing" project, Eikholt has developed a working model for optimising hearing function for people with combined vision and hearing loss. Read more about the report and download it here.
Interview with Ann Britt Johanson
Through "Ljudmagasinet" from Swedish "Kultur i Väst" we hear an interview with Eikholt's Ann-Britt Johansson.
Never say never
Visual educator Line Hovland from Eikholt Resource Centre highlights in an article in the journal Spesialpedagogikk how to stimulate development by thinking about "the whole person".
Kari Schjøll Brede from Eikholt published in international journal
The latest issue of the Journal of deafblind studies on communication publishes an article by Kari Schjøll Brede from Eikholt, and co-author Jacques Souriau. The article presents results based on a case study that Kari conducted during her master's programme at the University of Groningen in 2008.