Abstract
Fourteen Farsi speaking bilingual patients with symptoms of aphasia subsequent to either stroke, trauma, AVM or closed head injury, were administered relevant versions of the Bilingual Aphasia Test (Paradis and Libben 1987) in order to assess their language deficits in each language and to determine the pattern of recovery of the patients' respective languages. The time of the evaluation of these patients ranges from less than two months (acute stage) to 8 years (chronic stage) post-onset. The patients' ages range from 22 to 79 years. The languages involved are Farsi and one or more of the following: Armenian, Azari, English and German. The patterns of recovery and the aphasic symptoms of these patients are discussed in light of the variables associated with differences among bilinguals, etiology and site of lesion. The pattern of recovery of one patient may change over time. It is suggested that individual variables of language acquisition may influence the pattern of recovery more during the acute stage of the aphasia than during the chronic stage, leading to a different pattern of recovery at each stage.
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