Kapuzinerstrasse 40, A-4020 Linz, Austria
tel.: +43-732-771366-0, fax: +43-732-771366-113,114
contact person: Johann E. Marckhgott

The Institute for Auditory and Visual Training (IHSB) in LINZ intends to offer and works out new possibilities of supporting the integration of hearing impaired and visually handicapped people. The orientation towards changes in society, progress in research, pedagogic, medicine and technology led to progressive concepts of individual support.
Main topics: accompanying diagnostic (e.g. audio-metric) and therapy in co-operation with medical organisations and private doctors of the clients; educational programmes to optimise therapeutic pedagogy for hearing and visually handicapped clients as well as accompanying pedagogical programmes for the integration into school; co-ordination of a holistic concept of education, integration and promotion in the field of vocational integration; information, counselling and training of parents as well as other institutions in the field; co-operation with universities and other research organisations at national as well as international level; information and public relations to increase the awareness for special psychological and social problems caused by the auditory or visual handicap in public.
Areas of work: centre for pedagogical and auditory counselling and early promotion; therapeutic and integrating nursery school; boarding school and day nursery; workshops for vocational training (ladies dressmaker, shoemaker); social counselling and support. trains deaf, hearing impaired, blind and visually handicapped from infancy till seniority.
The IHSB is collaborating in the VOICE project with the Kepler University of Linz.