bilingual aphasia Flashcards
bilingual aphasia
loss of one or both languages in a bilingual individual following a CVA in the language-dominant hemisphere (hard to know what langs will be affected)
bilingual individual
an individual who uses two or more languages or dialects in day-to-day life regarding context of use
native early billinguals
learn l1 and l2 simultaneously and during infancy
successive (late) bilinguals
learn l1 and l2 successively at different times
compound learning
learn l1 and l2 in the same context and have one semantic system with 2 codes
coordinate learning
learn l1 ad l2 in two different context- home, school and have 2 semantic systems and contexts
subordinate learning
learn l2 based on l1 reference
parallel recovery
both impaired language improve to a similar extent and concurrently (most frequently observed trend)
differential recovery
more recovery observed in one of the languages
selective recovery
recovery observed on in one language (none in the other)
successive recovery
complete recovery in one language precedes recovery of the other language
antagonistic recovery
one language improves as the other language regresses
bilingual aphasia test (BAT)
-part A: eval of client’s multlingual history
-part B: systematic and comparable assessment of lang. disorders in each lang. known
-part C: assessment of translation abilities and interference detection in each lang.
goal of bilingual treatment
therapy often focuses on enhancement of relatively intact pragmatic skills to optimize communication
cognitive-based approach
may include non-verbal or verbal skills. activities may include card-sorting (perception and categorization), written single-digit math, visual number and letter searchers (sustained and alternating attention)
