Keywords
Communication Impairments
Assistive Technologies
Keywords
Communication Impairments
Assistive Technologies
Partners | Funders
Funded by The Stroke Association and The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia
Publications
Marshall, J., Devane, N., Berraondo, J., Talbot, R., Temponera, P., Clegg, K., & Wilson, S. (2024). Delivering Script Therapy for people with aphasia in EVA Park: Two single case treatment studies. Advances in Communication and Swallowing, 27(1), 29–40. https://doi.org/10.3233/ACS-220014
Amaya, A., Woolf, C., Devane, N., Galliers, J., Talbot, R., Wilson, S., & Marshall, J. (2018). Receiving aphasia intervention in a virtual environment: the participants’ perspective. Aphasiology, 32(5), 538–558. https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2018.1431831
Galliers, J., Wilson, S., Marshall, J., Talbot, R., Devane, N., Booth, T., Woolf, C., & Greenwood, H. (2017). Experiencing EVA Park, a Multi-User Virtual World for People with Aphasia. ACM Trans. Access. Comput., 10(4), 15:1-15:24. https://doi.org/10.1145/3134227
Project Summary
EVA Park
We researched, co-designed and developed EVA Park, a unique virtual world for people with aphasia, with funding from the Stroke Association. EVA Park is an accessible and fantastical multi-user space. We have run studies to investigate how speech and language therapies and group support can be delivered to people with aphasia in EVA Park. We are continuing to develop EVA Park and to explore new ways of supporting rehabilitation in a virtual world.
Taking EVA Park into Service: Technology and Case Studies
This follow-up project, funded by The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia, gave NHS and independent speech and language therapists the opportunity to use EVA Park with their clients. We developed user manuals and a web-site to support and track this activity. We also ran a series of case studies to investigate how conventional speech and language therapy approaches could be adapted for delivery in a virtual world, supported by customised virtual objects. The therapies included virtual noun naming, verb naming and story-telling.
EVA Park
An Online Virtual World for People with Aphasia
