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Jane Marshall talks about EVA Park and other uses of digital technology for people with aphasia in the latest issue of the RCSLT (Royal College of Speech and Language Therapists) Bulletin.  

We held a special event on the 10th June 2015 to celebrate the EVA project. There were talks about what the project has achieved, the research outcomes and what happens next. There were demos and lunch 🙂 All the many …

End of project celebration, June 2015 Read more →

How did we design EVA Park? Read about our codesign approach in the paper “Codesign for people with aphasia through tangible design languages”

Back by popular demand, EVA Park was on show at the HCID 2015 open day on the 30th April 2015. Find out more about the open day at http://www.interaction-lab.co.uk/category/events/

Jane Marshall presented the EVA research at the 2015 conference of the Danish Speech-Language-Hearing Association (Audiologopædisk forening – ALF) on March 16th 2015 at Nyborg in Denmark. The title of the talk was “Technological Applications in Aphasia Therapy”.

Hard to believe, but the final cohort of participants is about to enter EVA Park for five weeks of supported conversation. Time flies when you’re having fun…  Like these earlier participants enjoying a fun day at the end of their …

EVA Park live for the final time… Read more →

EVA Park, represented by Tracey Booth and Abi Roper, came away from Made@City 2014 clutching the overall winner prize. Made@City is an annual event that showcases the very best work from Computer Science students and research projects at City University …

EVA Park overall winner at Made@City 2014 Read more →

EVA Park opened for the second time on the 12th May 2014! We welcomed a second cohort of research participants who spent the 5 weeks practising their communication skills with support workers and enjoying all the park has to offer.

Abi Roper delivered a presentation on the background, design and qualitative experience of the first ‘live’ period of EVA Park. This was followed by a hands-on demonstration of the technology where delegates were able to see EVA Park in action: …

Computers in Therapy Special Interest Group Meeting in Bristol (15th May 2014) Read more →

Jane Marshall gave a presentation entitled “Evaluating the effects of a virtual communication environment for people with aphasia” at the British Aphasiology Society Research Update Meeting in Newcastle.  The theme of the meeting was “Digital Technology and Aphasia”, full programme …

British Aphasiology Society Research Update Meeting (April 2014) Read more →