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Celebrating an extra grant of NOK 10 million
Chairman Trond Østgaard celebrated the news with cake and fresh Norwegian strawberries provided by the kitchen staff.
National Interpreter Conference in Haptic Communication
Haptic communication is constantly evolving and there are now many more users of this system. Both those who receive signals are more numerous, as are those who execute them.
Communication with all senses
A course that combines training in different and alternative ways of communicating with activities where the communication is tried out in practice with time and space for discussions between interpreter users, instructors and interpreters. Read more about the recent course here.
1TP1Reports
In 2017, Eikholt published three technical reports focusing on vision, hearing and work.
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.
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".