Impact and Reach

 

 

 

Talks / Demos

• Amazing Brains 2021, The Stroke Association, Invited Talk, 27-05-2021.
• Aphasia Access Leadership Summit, (US), Invited Talk “Using EVA Park in Aphasia Rehabilitation: An Application of Virtual Reality” 07-04-2021.
• 7th International Conference on Neurology and Epidemiology, Invited Presentation, “Virtual reality in aphasia rehabilitation: Applications of EVA Park”, 20-03-2021.
• UK Stroke Forum conference 2019, Demo, Stroke Association Stand, 04-12-2019.
• RCSLT Conference, Poster, “Using EVA Park to deliver Social Support Groups for People with Aphasia: A Novel Use of virtual Reality“, 25-09-2019.
• British Aphasiology Society Clinical Symposium 2019, Keynote, “EVA Park Research to Date: Results and Reflections”, 10-09-2019.
• Nordic Aphasia Conference, (Finland), Invited Presentation, “Delivering group support for people with aphasia through EVA Park”, 14-06-2019.
• ABIL Acquired Brain Injury Forum for London June 2019 Conference, Presentation “EVA Park and MakeWrite App”, 04-06-2019.
• Stroke Association Legacy Event London (Imperial War Museum), Demo, 28-03-2019.
• Stroke Association Legacy Event Birmingham (Think Tank), Demo, 21-03-2019.
• Service Lab London, Invited Talk, “Designing for Aphasia: EVA Park”, 20-11-2018.
• Lebanon Memory Group for Clinical Research, Talk, Le Gabriel Hotel, Achrafieh – Beirut, Lebanon, 03-11-2018.
• ASSETS 2018, 20th International  Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Talk, 23-10-2018.
• Stroke Association Legacy Event Manchester, Online Presentation, 10-10-2018.
• Knowledge Quarter Thought Fest, 05-10-2018.
• Royal College Speech and Language Therapists AGM (Cardiff), Stand and demo, 04-10-2018.
• IARC 2018, International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference (Aveiro, Portugal), Research Presentation “Delivering storytelling intervention in the virtual world of EVA Park”, 05-09-2018.
• The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Dissemination Event, 30-05-2018.
• Computers In Therapy Clinical Excellence Network, Presentation, 24-05-2018.
• Wales Assembly NHS@70 Celebrating the Future of the Health Service, Demo, 05-07-2018.
• Stroke Association Donor Event (York), Demo, 07-12-2017.
• Stroke Association Donor Event (London), Demo, 14-11-2017.
• Stroke Association Innovation and Research Meeting, Group Demo, 19-10-2017.
• British Aphasiology Society Therapy Symposium, Talk, 13-09-2017.
• Chronic Stroke Rehabilitation Conference: Exploring Technology & Neuromodulation across domains, Talk, 26-06-2017.
• UK Stroke Forum (Stansted), Talk and Demo, 26-06-2017.
• Stroke Assembly (Crewe), Invited Talk, 30-05-2017.
• Ghent Flemish Association of Speech and Language Pathologists, 38th National conference (Belgium), Talk, 10-03-2017.
• Rewired: The Brain, Art, and Innovation, Talk, 10-03-2017.
• Aphasia United Conference, Talk and Workshop, 05-03-2017.
• IARC 2016, International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference (London), Talks, 16-12-2016.
• ABIL Acquired Brain Injury Conference, Talk and Demo, 06-12-2016.
• UXPA Talk, 25-02-2016.
• Disability and Social Inclusion talk, East London NHS Foundation Trust, 22-10-2015.
• Eleanor Saffran 10th Annual conference (Philadelphia), Invited Talk, 18-09-2015.
• Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice, Keynote, 01-03-2015.
• RAATE Recent Advances in Assistive Technology and Engineering Conference, Talk, 24-11-2014.
• UK Stroke Forum (Harrogate), 04-12-2013.

 

Main Publications

• Marshall J, Devane N, Talbot R, Caute A, Cruice M, Hilari K, MacKenzie G, Maguire K, Patel A, Roper A and Wilson S (2020) A randomised trial of social support group intervention for people with aphasia: A Novel application of virtual reality. PLoS ONE 15(9): e0239715. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0239715.
• Marshall J, Devane N, Talbot R and Wilson S, (2020) Applications of Virtual Reality in Aphasia Therapy: Findings from Research with EVA Park. In Virtual Reality in Health and Rehabilitation, Hayre CM, Muller DJ and Scherer MJ (eds), CRC Press.
• 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), /doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2018.1431831.
• Marshall J, Devane N, Edmonds L, Talbot R, Wilson S, Woolf C and Zwart N. (2018) Delivering word retrieval therapies for people with aphasia in a virtual communication environment, Aphasiology 32(9). 1054-1074. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/02687038.2018.1488237.
• Galliers J, Wilson S, Marshall J, Talbot R, Devane N, Booth T, Woolf C and Greenwood H (2017) Experiencing EVA Park, A Multi-User Virtual World for People with Aphasia, ACM Trans on Accessibility, 10(4), doi.org/10.1145/3134227.
• Marshall J, Booth T, Devane N, Galliers J, Greenwood H, Hilari K, Talbot R, Wilson S and Woolf C (2016) Evaluating the Benefits of Aphasia Intervention Delivered in Virtual Reality: Results of a Quasi-Randomised Study. PLoS ONE, 11(8): e0160381. doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0160381.
• Wilson, S., Roper, A., Marshall, J., Galliers, J., Devane, N., Booth, T. and Woolf, C. (2015) Codesign for People with Aphasia Through Tangible Design Languages, CoDesign, 11(1), 21-34, Taylor and Francis, http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.1080/15710882.2014.997744.

 

Awards / Recognition

• Tech4Good People’s Award 2015, Winner.
• Nominet Trust NT100 2016.
• MadeAtUni: 100+ Ways Universities are Saving Lives and Keeping Us Healthy. Details.
• Made@City 2014 Winner.
• City University London, Research Prize for Impact. Winner September 2015.

 

Press and Articles

• NRTimes, “Helping stroke survivors translate VR into real life”, 04-02-2021.
• The Stroke Association, “Finding Hope in a Virtual World”, 2020.
• AbilityNet “Virtual Reality for stroke survivors with aphasia“, 08-01-2020.
• La Trobe University (Australia), “Virtual World Storytelling for post-stroke rehabilitation”, 2020.
• RCSLT, “Will Remote Therapy Stick?” (pdf), 08-2020.
• European Disability Forum, “Plug and Pray? A disability perspective on artificial intelligence, automated decision-making and emerging technologies” May 2019.
• National Aphasia Association (US), “A Virtual World for People with Aphasia“, 2018.
• Helena Taubner, Halmstad University (Sweden), “Kommunikationsträning i den virtuella världen EVA Park” 24-05-2018.
• National Aphasia Association Newsletter (US), 2018.
• Evolving Science, “Eva Park: Virtual World Improves Communication Following Stroke”, 2017.
• Virtual Outworlding, “3D LES: Aphasia therapy in OpenSim, Eva Park”, 17-12-2017.
• AMRC Assocation of Medical Research Charities, “Making a difference: Impact report 2017”, 2017.
• National Aphasia Association (US), “Could Technology Change Aphasia Treatment in the Future?“, 08-06-2017.
• Society Guardian, “Braille smartwatches, bespoke wheelchairs… technology that matters”, 14-12-2016.
• Rehab Management, “Virtual Reality May Help Improve Communication in Stroke Patients with Aphasia“, 15-08-2016.
• Medical Design and Outsourcing, “Virtual World Improves Communication of Stroke Victims”, 15-08-2016.
• Aphasia Community (COMPARE) (Australia), News Update, 2016.
• Medgadget, “EVA Park Virtual World Helps Stroke Patients Regain Speaking Skills”, 22-08-2016.
• Rehab Management, “Virtual Reality May Help Improve Communication in Stroke Patients with Aphasia”, 15-08-2016.
• The Statesman, (India), “New technology to improve language disorder after stroke”, 14-08-2016.
• Medindia (India), “New ‘EVA Park’ Technology may Help Improve Language Disorder After Stroke“, 15-08-2016.
• The Engineering and Technology Magazine, “Virtual worlds help stroke survivors find their voices“, 15-08-2021.
• The Hindu, (India), “New technology to improve language disorder after stroke“, 12-08-2016.
• Speech | advance, “The EVA Project – Evaluating the effects of a virtual communication environment for people with Aphasia”, 23-03-2016.
• Huffington Post, “EVA Park: a Virtual World to Help With Speech Recovery“, 10-11-2015.
• Hypergrid Business, “Linda Kellie is back in OpenSim“, 13-07-2015.