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This chapter introduces two case studies that exemplify how interactive visualisations were introduced to supplement an interactive vibroacoustic therapeutic intervention setup for adolescents diagnosed as profoundly disabled each having individual dysfunctional conditions. The hypothesis behind the research of multisensory stimuli intervention aligns with how humans can differ in needs, desires, and preferences and it is posited toward optimising selectable feedback stimuli within intervention targeting inclusive well-being. The studies were associated to a European funded research project (https://www.bristol.ac.uk/carehere) (with end-users overall being handicapped and/or elderly and/or undertaking rehabilitation) where the author coordinated Sweden partner research and user studies due to his research being catalyst and responsible for gaining the project. Both case studies took place in a school for special needs in Landskrona municipality, Sweden—they were conducted applied as a part of the day-to-day activities of the school rather than being laboratory-based.

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    https://www.bristol.ac.uk/carehere.

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    https://pupil-labs.com/products/vr-ar/.

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    https://www.soundbeam.co.uk.

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    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composition_of_the_human_body.

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    https://www.vitalhealthcare207.com/index.php?p=504881.

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    https://www.infomus.org/eyesweb_ita.php.

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    https://www.vibrac.fi/content/research-vibroacoustic-therapy.

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Stefan Hasselblad, Special Teacher/Carer; Children, Parents and Staff at Emaljskolan, Emaljgatan 1C, Landskrona 26143, Sweden: Casa da Música’, Oporto, Portugal staff and attending workshop participants 2006–2008 inclusive: Soundbeam personnel, Bristol UK: Eyesweb Project personnel, Genoa, Italy: VIBRAC Skille-Lehikoinen Centre for Vibroacoustic Therapy and Research, Finland. Professor Phil Ellis and Dr Lieselotte van Leeuwen whose work resulted in a Centre of Excellence in Teaching and Learning, resulting in a regional Sound Therapy Centre at Sunderland, UK. Professor Rolf Gehlhaar. Professor Jens Arnspang.

Finally, thanks to the authors I have taken liberty in extensively quoting in this chapter’s citations; it is done with good intention so as not to change meanings in the original texts through my paraphrasing. Credits accompany each cited quote to acknowledge your contribution—here I say thank you again.

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Brooks, A.L. (2021). Interactive Multisensory VibroAcoustic Therapeutic Intervention (iMVATi). In: Brooks, A.L., Brahman, S., Kapralos, B., Nakajima, A., Tyerman, J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Recent Advances in Technologies for Inclusive Well-Being. Intelligent Systems Reference Library, vol 196. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-59608-8_17

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