Abstract
doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.5.4572
 How to cite this:Ali N, Rafi MS. Bilingual Aphasia Test in Urdu and its Clinical Implications. Pak J Med Sci. 2021;37(5):1545-1546. doi: https://doi.org/10.12669/pjms.37.5.4572
Highlights
Bilingual aphasia is a frequent phenomenon in clinical settings
Its assessment and treatment may become more challenging as compared to monolingual aphasics
Most developed and validated aphasia batteries are in the English language (e.g., Boston Diagnostic Aphasia Examination and Western Aphasia Battery)
Summary
Bilingual aphasia is a frequent phenomenon in clinical settings. People practice different languages in different communicative contexts. Symptoms can be varied and could encompass all the languages that he/ 1-2: Department of Linguistics and Communications, Institute of Liberal Arts University of Management and Technology, Lahore, Pakistan. It is necessary to assess the patient’s linguistic ability with each of the languages that was spoken in his/her premorbid circumstances with the help of a cross-linguistically equivalent test.
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