{"id":1744,"date":"2021-05-05T21:20:45","date_gmt":"2021-05-05T20:20:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/evapark.city.ac.uk\/?page_id=1744"},"modified":"2021-05-11T08:32:25","modified_gmt":"2021-05-11T07:32:25","slug":"dissemination","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/evapark.city.ac.uk\/?page_id=1744","title":{"rendered":"Impact and Reach"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1374 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/evapark.city.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2018\/10\/plating-piano1.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"244\" height=\"102\" \/><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-1825 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/evapark.city.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/greenhouse.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"162\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/evapark.city.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/greenhouse.jpg 2168w, https:\/\/evapark.city.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/greenhouse-300x188.jpg 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https:\/\/evapark.city.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/greenhouse-900x565.jpg 900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 162px) 100vw, 162px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Talks \/ Demos<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Amazing Brains 2021, The Stroke Association, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroke.org.uk\/research\/research-events\/amazing-brains-2021\">Invited Talk,<\/a> 27-05-2021.<\/li>\n<li>Aphasia Access Leadership Summit, (US), Invited Talk <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphasiaaccess.org\/summit\/\">&#8220;Using EVA Park in Aphasia Rehabilitation: An Application of Virtual Reality&#8221;<\/a> 07-04-2021.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/icne2021.ianeneurology.org\/\">7th International Conference on Neurology and Epidemiology<\/a>, Invited Presentation, &#8220;Virtual reality in aphasia rehabilitation: Applications of EVA Park&#8221;, 20-03-2021.<\/li>\n<li>UK Stroke Forum conference 2019, Demo, Stroke Association Stand, 04-12-2019.<\/li>\n<li>RCSLT Conference, Poster, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/evapark.city.ac.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/05\/RCSLT-poster-2019-1.pdf\">Using EVA Park to deliver Social Support Groups for People with Aphasia: A Novel Use of virtual Reality<\/a>&#8220;, 25-09-2019.<\/li>\n<li>British Aphasiology Society Clinical Symposium 2019, Keynote, &#8220;EVA Park Research to Date: Results and Reflections&#8221;, 10-09-2019.<\/li>\n<li>Nordic Aphasia Conference, (Finland), Invited Presentation, &#8220;Delivering group support for people with aphasia through EVA Park&#8221;, 14-06-2019.<\/li>\n<li>ABIL Acquired Brain Injury Forum for London June 2019 Conference, Presentation &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.abil.co.uk\/abil-conference-news-for-2019\/\">EVA Park and MakeWrite App&#8221;<\/a>, 04-06-2019.<\/li>\n<li>Stroke Association Legacy Event London (Imperial War Museum), Demo, 28-03-2019.<\/li>\n<li>Stroke Association Legacy Event Birmingham (Think Tank), Demo, 21-03-2019.<\/li>\n<li>Service Lab London, Invited Talk, &#8220;Designing for Aphasia: EVA Park&#8221;, 20-11-2018.<\/li>\n<li>Lebanon Memory Group for Clinical Research, Talk, Le Gabriel Hotel, Achrafieh \u2013 Beirut, Lebanon, 03-11-2018.<\/li>\n<li>ASSETS 2018, 20th International\u00a0 Conference on Computers and Accessibility, Talk, 23-10-2018.<\/li>\n<li>Stroke Association Legacy Event Manchester, Online Presentation, 10-10-2018.<\/li>\n<li>Knowledge Quarter Thought Fest, 05-10-2018.<\/li>\n<li>Royal College Speech and Language Therapists AGM (Cardiff), Stand and demo, 04-10-2018.<\/li>\n<li>IARC 2018, International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference (Aveiro, Portugal), Research Presentation &#8220;Delivering storytelling intervention in the virtual world of EVA Park&#8221;, 05-09-2018.<\/li>\n<li>The Tavistock Trust for Aphasia Dissemination Event, 30-05-2018.<\/li>\n<li>Computers In Therapy Clinical Excellence Network, Presentation, 24-05-2018.<\/li>\n<li>Wales Assembly NHS@70 Celebrating the Future of the Health Service, Demo, 05-07-2018.<\/li>\n<li>Stroke Association Donor Event (York), Demo, 07-12-2017.<\/li>\n<li>Stroke Association Donor Event (London), Demo, 14-11-2017.<\/li>\n<li>Stroke Association Innovation and Research Meeting, Group Demo, 19-10-2017.<\/li>\n<li>British Aphasiology Society Therapy Symposium, Talk, 13-09-2017.<\/li>\n<li>Chronic Stroke Rehabilitation Conference: Exploring Technology &amp; Neuromodulation across domains, Talk, 26-06-2017.<\/li>\n<li>UK Stroke Forum (Stansted), Talk and Demo, 26-06-2017.<\/li>\n<li>Stroke Assembly (Crewe), Invited Talk, 30-05-2017.<\/li>\n<li>Ghent Flemish Association of Speech and Language Pathologists, 38th National conference (Belgium), Talk, 10-03-2017.<\/li>\n<li>Rewired: The Brain, Art, and Innovation, Talk, 10-03-2017.<\/li>\n<li>Aphasia United Conference, Talk and Workshop, 05-03-2017.<\/li>\n<li>IARC 2016, International Aphasia Rehabilitation Conference (London), Talks, 16-12-2016.<\/li>\n<li>ABIL Acquired Brain Injury Conference, Talk and Demo, 06-12-2016.<\/li>\n<li>UXPA Talk, 25-02-2016.<\/li>\n<li>Disability and Social Inclusion talk, East London NHS Foundation Trust, 22-10-2015.<\/li>\n<li>Eleanor Saffran 10th Annual conference (Philadelphia), Invited Talk, 18-09-2015.<\/li>\n<li>Association of Speech and Language Therapists in Independent Practice, Keynote, 01-03-2015.<\/li>\n<li>RAATE Recent Advances in Assistive Technology and Engineering Conference, Talk, 24-11-2014.<\/li>\n<li>UK Stroke Forum (Harrogate), 04-12-2013.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Main Publications<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>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 href=\"https:\/\/openaccess.city.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/24923\/\">A randomised trial of social support group intervention for people with aphasia: A Novel application of virtual reality<\/a>. <em>PLoS ONE<\/em> 15(9): e0239715. doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0239715.<\/li>\n<li>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.<\/li>\n<li>Amaya, A., Woolf, C., Devane, N., Galliers, J., Talbot, R., Wilson, S., &amp; Marshall, J. (2018). <a href=\"https:\/\/openaccess.city.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/18822\/\">Receiving aphasia intervention in a virtual environment: the participants\u2019 perspective.<\/a> <em>Aphasiology<\/em>, <em>32<\/em>(5), \/doi.org\/10.1080\/02687038.2018.1431831.<\/li>\n<li>Marshall J, Devane N, Edmonds L, Talbot R, Wilson S, Woolf C and Zwart N. (2018) <a href=\"https:\/\/openaccess.city.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/19932\/\">Delivering word retrieval therapies for people with aphasia in a virtual communication environment,<\/a> <em>Aphasiology 32(9).<\/em> 1054-1074. DOI: https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1080\/02687038.2018.1488237.<\/li>\n<li>Galliers J, Wilson S, Marshall J, Talbot R, Devane N, Booth T, Woolf C and Greenwood H (2017) <a href=\"https:\/\/openaccess.city.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/18025\/\">Experiencing EVA Park, A Multi-User Virtual World for People with Aphasia,<\/a> <em>ACM Trans on Accessibility<\/em>, 10(4), doi.org\/10.1145\/3134227.<\/li>\n<li>Marshall J, Booth T, Devane N, Galliers J, Greenwood H, Hilari K, Talbot R, Wilson S and Woolf C (2016) <a href=\"https:\/\/openaccess.city.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/15173\/\">Evaluating the Benefits of Aphasia Intervention Delivered in Virtual Reality: Results of a Quasi-Randomised Study.<\/a> <em>PLoS ONE,<\/em> 11(8): e0160381. doi.org\/10.1371\/journal.pone.0160381.<\/li>\n<li>Wilson, S., Roper, A., Marshall, J., Galliers, J., Devane, N., Booth, T. and Woolf, C. (2015) <a href=\"https:\/\/openaccess.city.ac.uk\/id\/eprint\/6101\/\">Codesign for People with Aphasia Through Tangible Design Languages<\/a>, <em>CoDesign<\/em>, 11(1), 21-34, Taylor and Francis, http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/doi\/full\/10.1080\/15710882.2014.997744.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Awards \/ Recognition<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Tech4Good People&#8217;s Award 2015, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.tech4goodawards.com\/winners-2015\/\">Winner<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Nominet Trust NT100 2016.<\/li>\n<li>MadeAtUni: 100+ Ways Universities are Saving Lives and Keeping Us Healthy. <a href=\"https:\/\/madeatuni.org.uk\/city-university-london\/virtual-world-help-people-find-their-words-after-brain-injury\">Details<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Made@City 2014 Winner.<\/li>\n<li>City University London, Research Prize for Impact. Winner September 2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Press and Articles<br \/>\n<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>NRTimes, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nrtimes.co.uk\/helping-stroke-survivors-translate-vr-into-real-life\/\">&#8220;Helping stroke survivors translate VR into real life&#8221;<\/a>, 04-02-2021.<\/li>\n<li>The Stroke Association, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.stroke.org.uk\/rebuilding-lives\/finding-hope-virtual-world\">&#8220;Finding Hope in a Virtual World&#8221;<\/a>, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>AbilityNet &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/abilitynet.org.uk\/news-blogs\/virtual-reality-stroke-survivors-aphasia\">Virtual Reality for stroke survivors with aphasia<\/a>&#8220;, 08-01-2020.<\/li>\n<li>La Trobe University (Australia), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.latrobe.edu.au\/nest\/virtual-world-storytelling-for-post-stroke-rehabilitation\/\">&#8220;Virtual World Storytelling for post-stroke rehabilitation&#8221;<\/a>, 2020.<\/li>\n<li>RCSLT, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.google.com\/url?sa=t&amp;rct=j&amp;q=&amp;esrc=s&amp;source=web&amp;cd=&amp;cad=rja&amp;uact=8&amp;ved=2ahUKEwjj-KKD4bzwAhVbiFwKHf1eCbQQFjABegQIAxAD&amp;url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.rcslt.org%2Fwp-content%2Fuploads%2F2020%2F12%2Fwill-remote-therapy-stick.pdf&amp;usg=AOvVaw0ZRD6yG4x07XDa-qLFcaHU\">Will Remote Therapy Stick?<\/a>&#8221; (pdf), 08-2020.<\/li>\n<li>European Disability Forum, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/old.edf-feph.org\/newsroom\/news\/edf-launches-report-plug-and-pray\">Plug and Pray? A disability perspective on artificial intelligence, automated decision-making and emerging technologies<\/a>&#8221; May 2019.<\/li>\n<li>National Aphasia Association (US), &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphasia.org\/stories\/virtual-world-people-with-aphasia\/\">A Virtual World for People with Aphasia<\/a>&#8220;, 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Helena Taubner, Halmstad University (Sweden), &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/blogg.hh.se\/aphasia-online\/2018\/05\/24\/kommunikationstraning-i-den-virtuella-varlden-eva-park-evaphasia-aphasia\/\">Kommunikationstr\u00e4ning i den virtuella v\u00e4rlden EVA Park<\/a>&#8221; 24-05-2018.<\/li>\n<li>National Aphasia Association <a href=\"https:\/\/mailchi.mp\/aphasia\/eva_park?e=f158bd6b1c\">Newsletter<\/a> (US), 2018.<\/li>\n<li>Evolving Science, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.evolving-science.com\/information-communication\/eva-park-virtual-world-improves-communication-following-stroke-00218\">Eva Park: Virtual World Improves Communication Following Stroke&#8221;<\/a>, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>Virtual Outworlding, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/virtualoutworlding.blogspot.com\/2017\/12\/2017-3d-les-aphasia-therapy-in-opensim.html\">3D LES: Aphasia therapy in OpenSim, Eva Park&#8221;<\/a>, 17-12-2017.<\/li>\n<li>AMRC Assocation of Medical Research Charities, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.researchmedia.com\/amrc\/making-a-difference-impact-report-2017\/translating-research-ideas-into-products-and-services\/\">&#8220;Making a difference: Impact report 2017&#8221;<\/a>, 2017.<\/li>\n<li>National Aphasia Association (US), &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aphasia.org\/stories\/technology-aphasia-treatment\/\">Could Technology Change Aphasia Treatment in the Future?<\/a>&#8220;, 08-06-2017.<\/li>\n<li>Society Guardian, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/society\/2016\/dec\/14\/technology-changes-lives-disabled-people\">Braille smartwatches, bespoke wheelchairs&#8230; technology that matters&#8221;<\/a>, 14-12-2016.<\/li>\n<li>Rehab Management, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rehabpub.com\/2016\/08\/virtual-reality-may-help-improve-communication-stroke-patients-aphasia\/\">Virtual Reality May Help Improve Communication in Stroke Patients with Aphasia<\/a>&#8220;, 15-08-2016.<\/li>\n<li>Medical Design and Outsourcing, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medicaldesignandoutsourcing.com\/virtual-world-improves-communication-of-stroke-victims\/\">&#8220;Virtual World Improves Communication of Stroke Victims&#8221;<\/a>, 15-08-2016.<\/li>\n<li>Aphasia Community (COMPARE) (Australia), <a href=\"https:\/\/us9.campaign-archive.com\/?u=e1bfa6b80986f87a388e805d8&amp;id=0a2b0d4df9\">News Update<\/a>, 2016.<\/li>\n<li>Medgadget, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.medgadget.com\/2016\/08\/eva-park-virtual-world-helps-stroke-patients-regain-speaking-skills.html?utm_content=buffer7612d&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\">&#8220;EVA Park Virtual World Helps Stroke Patients Regain Speaking Skills&#8221;<\/a>, 22-08-2016.<\/li>\n<li>Rehab Management, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.rehabpub.com\/2016\/08\/virtual-reality-may-help-improve-communication-stroke-patients-aphasia\/\">&#8220;Virtual Reality May Help Improve Communication in Stroke Patients with Aphasia&#8221;<\/a>, 15-08-2016.<\/li>\n<li>The Statesman, (India), <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thestatesman.com\/technology\/science\/new-technology-to-improve-language-disorder-after-stroke-160011.html\">&#8220;New technology to improve language disorder after stroke&#8221;<\/a>, 14-08-2016.<\/li>\n<li>Medindia (India), &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.medindia.net\/news\/new-eva-park-technology-may-help-improve-language-disorder-after-stroke-162609-1.htm\">New &#8216;EVA Park&#8217; Technology may Help Improve Language Disorder After Stroke<\/a>&#8220;, 15-08-2016.<\/li>\n<li>The Engineering and Technology Magazine, &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/eandt.theiet.org\/content\/articles\/2016\/08\/virtual-worlds-help-stroke-survivors-find-their-voices\/\">Virtual worlds help stroke survivors find their voices<\/a>&#8220;, 15-08-2021.<\/li>\n<li>The Hindu, (India), &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thehindu.com\/todays-paper\/tp-features\/tp-metroplus\/new-technology-to-improve-language-disorder-after-stroke\/article8992024.ece\">New technology to improve language disorder after stroke<\/a>&#8220;, 12-08-2016.<\/li>\n<li>Speech | advance, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.speechadvance.co.uk\/news\/6\/The+EVA+Project+-+Evaluating+the+effects+of+a+virtual+communication+environment+for+people+with+Aphasia.htm\">&#8220;The EVA Project &#8211; Evaluating the effects of a virtual communication environment for people with Aphasia&#8221;<\/a>, 23-03-2016.<\/li>\n<li>Huffington Post, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/lucy-maddox\/speech-recovery-technology_b_8512246.html\">EVA Park: a Virtual World to Help With Speech Recovery<\/a>&#8220;, 10-11-2015.<\/li>\n<li>Hypergrid Business, &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.hypergridbusiness.com\/2015\/07\/linda-kellie-is-back-in-opensim\/\">Linda Kellie is back in OpenSim<\/a>&#8220;, 13-07-2015.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; 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