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The impact of this case study is the novel treatment of neurologically impaired individuals via vestibular stimulation, an emerging clinical therapy. The research has helped make people better, changed local clinical practice, and led to a commercial collaboration to produce a CE-marked (European Union safety compliant), home-based device that can be marketed and used across the world. The research has also raised awareness and understanding of neurological disease amongst healthcare practitioners and the general public.
This case study demonstrates how Timothy Brittain-Catlin's long-term research into a group of historic buildings sharing a common theme, and designed by underappreciated architects, has had wide-ranging impacts on various groups. These groups include general audiences; amenity societies; architectural historians; heritage and conservation enthusiasts; and, in turn, public bodies including planning authorities and government agencies. The impacts of this important research range from informing cultural understanding amongst general audiences to directly influencing policy decisions about the preservation of historic buildings.