Designing a VR Game for the Psychosocial Support of Adolescents with Orofacial Cleft Lip and/or Palate

This study discusses the design and evaluation of a virtual reality (VR) game for the psychosocial support of adolescents with orofacial cleft lip and/or palate (CLP). In collaboration with global cleft organization, Smile Train, and psychologists from their international network of partner hospitals and clinics, we designed a 2-player VR game allowing psychologists and patients to work together on psychosocial skills development, focusing on the unique challenges adolescent patients with CLP face. The game was evaluated by a psychologist and patients over the course of a month, providing insight to whether a VR game would be feasible in providing psychosocial support to this population.