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Aphasia in Multilingual Patients.

Mira Goral^1,2, Zahra Hejazi³

¹Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences Lehman College, The City University of New York, 250 Bedford Park Blvd., NY, 10468, Bronx, USA. mira.goral@lehman.cuny.edu.

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Recent research explores aphasia assessment and treatment in multilingual individuals. Some studies suggest bilingualism may offer protective effects, potentially leading to less severe aphasia and faster recovery.

Keywords:

Assessment Bilingual Cognitive reserve Language Treatment models

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Area of Science:

Neurolinguistics
Cognitive Neuroscience
Speech-Language Pathology

Background:

Aphasia assessment and treatment in multilingual individuals present unique challenges.
Understanding the impact of bilingualism on aphasia recovery is an evolving area of research.

Purpose of the Study:

To review current literature on the assessment and treatment of aphasia in bilingual and multilingual populations.
To examine the role of cognitive processes and potential protective effects of bilingualism on aphasia recovery.

Main Methods:

Systematic review of recent published studies.
Analysis of treatment outcome models for multilingual individuals with aphasia.
Discussion of empirical studies on cognitive aspects and bilingualism's effects.

Main Results:

Recent studies aim to provide effective assessment and treatment tools for multilingual individuals with aphasia.
Contradictory findings exist, but some research indicates potentially milder aphasia and quicker recovery in multilingual individuals compared to monolinguals.
These findings are vital for understanding language impairment in multilingual brains.

Conclusions:

Further research is needed to refine assessment and treatment strategies for multilingual individuals with aphasia.
Bilingualism may influence aphasia severity and recovery trajectories.
Understanding these effects contributes to broader theories of language representation and processing.