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Advice for people with deafblindness and their relatives in connection with coronavirus and covid-19
If I or someone in my family has deafblindness - does it mean something special to us, compared to others? Yes, definitely! Claes Möller, doctor and medical advisor at the National Knowledge Centre for Deafblindness (Nkcdb) in Sweden explains why.
OrCam - a camera that sees for you
Over the past year at Eikholt, we've been exploring a number of new assistive technologies for people with visual and hearing impairments.
Line Hovland in the latest edition of "Optikeren"
Experiencing visual impairment can be difficult enough in itself. What if you also experience seeing things that aren't there in reality, and you can't hear well, so it's difficult to check what's real with your hearing? Do you dare tell anyone?
Health sports - a good combination of physical activity for course participants with deafblindness and varied practice for interpreting students.
Helsesport is an activity week for deafblind people and an internship week for all interpreting students in Norway. It takes place over two weeks in the autumn, with the same programme both weeks. Over the years, the activities have included chess, running courses, yoga, hiking days, strength and balance training, bowling, dance, crossfit and cycling. In addition, there are various lectures.
Book on tactile language now in English
The book "If you can see it, you can support it" is now available in English. On this occasion, we would like to present the idea behind the book and the editorial team responsible for its creation.
The Chinese Neuro - Ophthalmological Society 8th Conference
Rolf Lund from Eikholt, was invited as keynote speaker at this conference, and lectured on the role of the brain in the interaction between vision, hearing and balance.
If you can see it, you can support it - a book about tactile language
"When we put on our language glasses and attach a linguistic value to bodily tactile expressions, we can also communicate with people with congenital deafblindness on a linguistic level." This is the starting point for the new Nordic book, and the result of several years of Nordic co-operation and professional development.
"Never say never" published in Spesialpedagogikk
Line Hovland has written an article about the story of Linda - a young woman with congenital deafblindness. At the age of 29, she finally learns to read and write.
Presentation of lecturers
Successful National Interpreting Conference in Haptic Communication
HSE Buskerud and Eikholt organised two full days focusing on haptic communication. Around 65 people, most of whom were interpreters for the deafblind, gathered at Eikholt on 6 and 7 June and made use of both the course building and the outdoor areas in theory, practice and collegial discussions.