Caregiver and Clinician Priorities for User-Centered Metaverse-Based Speech-Language Therapy: An Analytic Hierarchy Process Study

Background/Objectives: Metaverse technologies are increasingly considered for pediatric speech-language therapy, yet adoption has outpaced evidence on what caregivers and speech-language pathologists (SLPs)-the groups whose decisions drive uptake-consider important. This study identified and compared the priorities caregivers and SLPs assign to factors relevant to metaverse-based speech-language therapy for children, and examined whether caregiver priorities differ by developmental stage.