A preliminary version of our website is up and running at: http://bilingualnamingtherapy.psu.edu

Bilingual aphasia is an impairment in one or more languages in a bilingual individual after a stroke or other acquired brain injury. In the United States, bilingual aphasia is becoming an increasingly important clinical area of focus because (a) the population in the US is becoming increasingly bilingual, (b) the bilingual population at risk for aphasia from stroke is growing, and (c) the bilingual population is currently underserved. The combination of an increasing bilingual population and an increasing aging population points to a current and developing health disparity issue. There is a pressing need for a multicultural approach to aphasia therapy for persons who are bilingual and have aphasia. The goal of this collaborative project between Penn State, Boston University, and San Francisco State University is to support SLPs working with bilingual persons with aphasia by helping provide the tools they need to effectively work with this currently underserved and growing population. We are currently developing an online interactive naming therapy for 23 different languages based on an existing evidence-based semantic feature therapy that will be freely available to SLPs, and compile a downloadable and printable version of the therapy for offline use.

A poster of our work can be seen here:
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