ArticleJournal of Alzheimer's disease : JAD2023
Bilingual Primary Progressive Aphasia: A Scoping Review of Assessment and Treatment Practices.
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- An international core outcome set for primary progressive aphasia (COS-PPA): Consensus-based recommendations for communication interventions across research and clinical settings.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2025Pooled it
- The include network: Advancing cross-linguistic equity in brain health research.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Article
- Deconstructing bilingualism and its sociocultural determinants in cognitive aging and Alzheimer's disease and related dementias.Alzheimer's & dementia : the journal of the Alzheimer's Association · 2026Review
- Impaired semantic word learning in primary progressive aphasia.Brain structure & function · 2026Article
- The Progressive Aphasia Communication Toolkit (PACT): A Strengths-Based Approach to Multidomain Evaluation for Intervention.medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences · 2025Article
- The influence of bilingualism on the assessment and treatment of an Italian-English speaker with the logopenic variant of PPA.Research square · 2025Article
- Effects of Modified Video-Implemented Script Training for Aphasia in the Three Variants of Primary Progressive Aphasia.Journal of speech, language, and hearing research : JSLHR · 2024Article
- Rehabilitation Services for Young-Onset Dementia: Examples from High- and Low-Middle-Income Countries.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2024Review
- Effects of Cerebellar Transcranial Direct Current Stimulation in Bilingual Logopenic Primary Progressive Aphasia.Journal of Alzheimer's disease reports · 2024Article
- Instrument for Assessment of Neurodegenerative Aphasia in Indonesia orJournal of Alzheimer's disease reportsArticle
- The influence of bilingualism on the assessment and treatment of an Italian-English speaker with the logopenic variant of PPA.Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)Article
- The Progressive Aphasia Communication Toolkit (PACT): a strengths-based approach to multidomain evaluation for intervention.Alzheimer's & dementia (Amsterdam, Netherlands)Article
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Abstract
backgroundPrimary progressive aphasia (PPA) is a neurodegenerative syndrome characterized by speech and/or language impairment with relatively spared cognition. Research investigating behavioral speech-language intervention and methods for cognitive-linguistic assessment in PPA has predominantly centered around monolingual speakers. This gap hinders the widespread adoption of evidence-based approaches and exacerbates the inequities faced by culturally and linguistically diverse populations living with PPA.
objectiveThis scoping review synthesizes the current evidence for assessment and treatment practices in bilingual PPA as well as the operationalization of bilingualism in PPA.
methodsArksey & O'Malley's scoping review methodology was utilized. Information was extracted from each study and entered into a data-charting template designed to capture information regarding operationalization of bilingualism in PPA and assessment and treatment practices.
resultsOf the 16 identified studies, 14 reported the results of assessments conducted in both languages. Three studies reported positive naming treatment outcomes. Thirteen studies included English-speaking participants, revealing linguistic bias. Most studies reported age of acquisition, proficiency, and patterns of language use rather than providing an operational definition for bilingualism.
conclusionsNeither formal assessment measures nor clear guidelines for assessment of bilingual PPA currently exist; however, language-specific measures are emerging. Speech-language intervention in bilingual PPA has been relatively unexplored, representing a significant gap in the literature. In order to improve diagnostic and treatment options for bilingual PPA, targeted efforts to increase representation of bilinguals from various sociocultural contexts, as well as those who speak a variety of language pairs, is necessary.
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