Introduction: The APHASIA Check List (ACL) is a comprehensive, time-saving tool for language evaluation in APHASIA, including a cognitive assessment part. This cross-sectional study aimed to translate ACL into Persian and analyze the psychometric features of the translated version. The original version of the ACL was translated and adapted from German,its psychometric features were then determined. Methods: Twenty People With APHASIA (PWA) and 50 age-and education-matched, cognitively healthy controls participated in this research. Possible floor and ceiling effects, discriminant validity, test-retest reliability, and internal consistency of the test were analyzed in addition to the evaluation of internal correlations between the test parts (language & cognition). Results: Regarding the performance of PWAs in the language section and the cognitive subtests assessing attention, memory, and reasoning, there were no floor and ceiling effects. Adequate discriminant validities for the language section of the test [i. e., total score: (Mann-Whitney U= 6. 000, P<0. 001),diagnostic subtests scores: (Mann-Whitney U= 3. 000, P<0. 001), and each subtest individually. Besides, the attention subtest of the cognition section (Mann-Whitney U= 16. 500, P<0. 001) was also observed. There was no difference between the control and patient groups in the subtests of memory (Mann-Whitney U= 497. 500, P=0. 973) and reasoning (Mann-Whitney U= 3. 000, P= 308). The test-retest reliability was acceptable in all subtests (ICC agreement= 0. 573-0. 984). The ACL-P suggested appropriate internal consistency (Cronbach’, s alpha coefficient= 0. 761 for test & retest scores). There were also significant correlations between language and cognition in the control and patient groups. Conclusion: The ACL-P test indicated sufficient reliability and validity for the evaluation of Persian-speaking PWAs and is suggested to be used in studies on this population.

Objectives: Despite numerous studies conducted to explore the manifestations of APHASIA in different languages of the world, language-specific patterns of aphasic patients in Kalhori as a southern dialect of Kurdish spoken in part of Kermanshah Province, Iran, remains largely unpacked. The present study aims at investigating language deficits of a forty-year-old Kurdish-Persian aphasic woman, here F. D., who was diagnosed with Broca’s APHASIA.Methods: To assess her linguistic competence, and more particularly, her knowledge of syntax and semantics, we administered a modified version of the Bilingual APHASIA Test in Kalhori.Results: Although she showed severe deficits in almost all modalities and levels examined, results indicated definiteness, prepositions and verb agreement with the subject as the most problematic areas.Discussion: While impairments to do with prepositions and parts of speech are expected features of aphasic patients, as far as the assessment of verbal morphology of Kalhori is concerned, results seem to replicate the results achieved by Nilipour et al. (2001) researching Persian bilingual aphasics.

Background and Aim: Global APHASIA is a severe acquired communication disorder in all interactive contexts. Global APHASIA is a language disorder that involves the breakdown of all aspects of oral and written language, typically associated with an extensive left hemisphere lesion that involves cortical and subcortical areas as well as white matter tracts. The characteristics of global APHASIA include severe auditory comprehension and oral expression deficits with some spared conceptual knowledge and spared comprehension of emotional prosody. People with APHASIA, like other people in society, have social roles and need meaningful communication. The aim of this study was to evaluate the common therapeutic methods of global APHASIA and to introduce the most effective and cost-effective therapies. Materials and Methods: We conducted a search in PMC, Web of Science, PubMed, Scopus, Medline, SID, Google Scholar, and Ovid databases. The present information is available by reviewing the articles from 1996 to 2020 through the search of the resources. Results: Strokes can adversely affect vision, balance, cognition, memory, and speech. Many stroke patients have reduced speaking abilities, called APHASIA. APHASIA is a disorder that results from damage to portions of the brain that are responsible for language. The nine therapeutic modalities for improving the linguistic and verbal skills of a person with global APHASIA were evaluated that including Visual Action Therapy, MIT, Bill Symbols, Drawing, Computerized Language Intervention, Remnant and Pictographic Books, Arm and Hand Gestures, SIPARI and A Specific Treatment. Some of these methods are verbal, some non-verbal, and alternative communication systems. According to various studies, traditional treatment methods are not effective for these individuals. Therefore, making use of interventions related to Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) is emphasized. Reviews in this article show that some of these 9 methods showed good results and improved some aspects of speech and communication although some of the methods studied did not show a significant effect on individuals. Conclusion: The best treatment is one that is cost-effective and accessible at any time and place that helps individuals with global APHASIA to use their limited abilities and communication. Among the Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC), Remnant books are more accessible, economical, and enjoyable than other methods for people with global APHASIA with a variety of disabilities. MIT and SIPARI among the verbal methods are also effective for individuals who have the significant auditory perception to reach a sufficient speech. Despite being time-consuming, they are easy to learn and can be more satisfying because of the patient's ability to get a better speech.