Assessment and management of aphasia in a linguistically diverse society

This paper reports the results of a survey conducted in metropolitan Sydney, Australia, which was designed to look at the assessment and treatment practices adopted by speech-language pathologists when working with individuals with aphasia from language backgrounds other than English. The results of the survey high-light a number of areas of concern for speech-language pathologists. These include the need for a range of appropriate assessment and treatment materials, as well as the need to improve the way that speech-language pathologists and interpreters work cooperatively in the assessment and treatment of aphasia in a linguistically diverse environment. The study also revealed that many speech-language pathologists wish to improve aspects of their own knowledge and skills relevant to their work with individuals who come from a variety of language and cultural backgrounds. These needs, some of the ways in which they might be addressed, and their implications in terms of further research are discussed in detail.Keywords: APHASIABILINGUALMULTILINGUAL

Aphasia · Cognitive psychology · English language · Interpreter · Linguistics · Mathematics education · Medical education · Speech-Language Pathology · Computer Science · Engineering · Interpreting and Communication in Healthcare · Language Development and Disorders · Medicine · Neurobiology of Language and Bilingualism · Psychology · Artificial Intelligence

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