Julia Galliers
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Virtual worlds are used in wide-ranging ways by many people with long-term health conditions, but their use by people with aphasia (PWA) has been limited. In contrast, this article reports the use of EVA Park, a multi-user virtual world designed for PWA to practice conversations, focusing on people's emotional, social, and conversational experiences. An analysis of observation and interview data collected from 20 people with aphasia who participated in a 5-week therapy intervention revealed key themes related to user experience. The themes offer a rich insight into aspects of the virtual world experience for PWA that go beyond therapeutic outcomes. They are as follows: affect (positive and negative); types of conversation, miscommunication, and misunderstanding; immersion in the virtual world; social presence and initiative and flow. Overall, the study showed that participants experienced positive emotional and social outcomes. We argue that this was achieved as a consequence of EVA Park being not only accessible but also a varied and entertaining environment within which PWA experienced both the realistic and the quirky while engaging with others and having fun.
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