TER085

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Synopsis

This project forms part of a larger research program which seeks to design, develop, and evaluate an evidence-based I-VR therapy tool, to enhance rehabilitation for people with communication disorders. In a prior work, by this research team, consumers and clinicians co-designed an I-VR therapy tool, the “Communication Café” and the clinical protocol and implementation resources required to use the I-VR therapy tool in speech pathology sessions. Hence, the next step in this research program is to implement and evaluate the I-VR Communication Café tool and clinical protocol in clinical practice. This will be examined through an implementation-effectiveness hybrid design (Type 3). This methodology blends the design components of clinical effectiveness and implementation research to inform translation and uptake of new research ideas in clinical practice, such as the I-VR Communication Café. Hence, the overarching objective of this study is to trial the I-VR tool and clinical protocol in speech pathology practice across 4 sites four sites comprising in Metro North Health Service and the Princess Alexandra Hospital and evaluate its implementation outcomes and preliminary efficacy as a new program to support functional communication therapy.