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Report: Professional conference - Working with visual and hearing impairment
Eikholt organised a professional conference with the theme: "Working with visual and hearing impairment" on Thursday 19 January. The target group for the seminar was professionals in various agencies. Here you can find links to documents that were presented during the conference.
Doctoral thesis "See and hear me" (Updated case)
On Friday 27 January 2017, Ann-Britt Johansson from Eikholt National Resource Centre for Deafblindness handed in her doctoral thesis at Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg. It is entitled "See and hear me"
Professional conference - Working with visual and hearing impairment
Eikholt is organising a professional conference with the theme: "Working with visual and hearing impairment". The date and time for this conference is Thursday 19 January from 10:00 to 16:00. Registration deadline 15 December.
New national recommendations for detecting and treating hearing loss in young children
The Norwegian Directorate of Health has issued new recommendations for newborn hearing screening and the assessment and treatment of hearing loss in young children. The recommendations are intended to help detect hearing loss early and provide help with stimulating hearing and developing language.
NKCDB: The job is a health factor
The National Knowledge Centre for Deafblind Issues has published an article on an important topic that affects all people with combined sensory loss. Mattias Ehn, a psychologist at the deafblind team in Stockholm, has researched the mental health of people with Usher syndrome Type II and emphasises the importance of staying at work.
Arena - Workshop for professionals with visual and hearing impairments.
Sign up for health port week
The autumn health sports week is now taking shape! This year's theme is "the joy of movement", with a varied programme from morning to evening. Submit an application if you want to help train good interpreters and spread knowledge about living with visual and hearing impairment! Read more and see the preliminary programme here.
Do you work with vision and are interested in continuing education?
Both NTNU and the University College of South-Eastern Norway offer exciting programmes in the field of vision. Are you thinking it's time to secure some credits or do you want to start a master's programme?
Project: Archery for the blind
Davood Nematinia is an archer and club coach in Hvalstad, as well as team leader for Norway at representative events. He has contributed to Eikholt's "network group for men" as an instructor for participants with vision loss. He is now working on a new project where you have the chance to participate!
NKCDB with article series about Eikholt
The National Knowledge Centre for Deafblind Issues has visited Eikholt and produced a series of articles on the theme of "the interaction between sight and hearing". The series contains four articles with different focuses, including interviews with Magnus Tollefsrud, Bente Enggrav and Ann-Britt Johansson.