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Original Research

Collaborative co-design and evaluation of an immersive virtual reality application prototype for communication rehabilitation (DISCOVR prototype)

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Pages 90-99 | Received 12 Jul 2021, Accepted 29 Mar 2022, Published online: 20 Apr 2022

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