Our goal is to improve services for Spanish-English speaking adults who need to see a Speech-Language Pathologist due to brain injury. We are developing language assessments to more accurately diagnose conditions such as aphasia and dementia. We aim to improve access to speech-language therapy services for bilingual speakers and reduce health disparities with our research. For some background information, we are recruiting adult speakers who are 30-70 years old and are: monolingual English speakers, or highly proficient Spanish-English bilingual speakers, or Spanish-English bilingual speakers with a diagnosis of aphasia, who were highly proficient in both languages prior to their brain injury. All participation will be completed online over the computer. For monolingual English speakers, the procedures involve a 15-minute phone screen, and 2 hours of testing, and they will be reimbursed $50 at the completion of the study. For bilingual Spanish-English speakers, the procedures involve a 25 minute phone screen and 5 hours of testing (over two to three sessions). They will be reimbursed $100 at the completion of the study.
