A1 Refereed original research article in a scientific journal
Setting a Research Agenda for the Assessment and Treatment of Aphasia in Minority Languages
Authors: Škorić, Ana Matić; Pourquié, Marie; Norvik, Monica; Kuvač Kraljević, Jelena; Gram Simonsen, Hanne; Martínez-Ferreiro, Silvia; Fyndanis, Valantis; Munarriz-Ibarrola, Amaia; Soroli, Eva; Pak-Hin Kong, Anthony; Anjum, Javad; M. K., Niharika; Sze, Wei Ping; Salmons, Io; Gavarró, Anna; Rofes, Adrià; Grima, Ritienne; Python, Gregoire; S.W. Reem, Alyahya; Kambanaros, Maria; Garraffa, Maria; Selvi-Balo, Semra; Biedermann, Britta; Renvall, Kati; Taiebine, Mohamed; Biran, Michal; Areej, Ayesha; Dilara Scheffer, Suzan; Ezzedine, Nour; Hallowell, Brooke; Keulen, Stefanie;
Goral, Mira; Peñaloza, Claudia; Arslan, Seçkin
Publisher: Elsevier
Publication year: 2026
Journal: Cortex
ISSN: 0010-9452
eISSN: 1973-8102
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2026.02.013
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Web address : https://doi.org/10.1016/j.cortex.2026.02.013
The aim of this position article is to establish the state of affairs in aphasia assessment and treatment in individuals who speak minority languages. This article reports on recommendations from a panel of experts working with individuals with aphasia in a variety of languages to develop a research agenda for aphasia assessment and treatment in minority languages. Members of Working Group 2 (Aphasia Assessment and Outcomes) of the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists (CATs) were invited to respond to a short online agenda-setting questionnaire and to discuss issues regarding this topic. The panel of experts then refined the responses and recommendations into future research themes and objectives. Seven priority themes were identified: Definitions, Tools, Research Practices, Treatment, Speech and language pathology (SLP) Training, Societal Impact, and Norms. In the EU alone, about 60 minority/regional languages are spoken by around 40 million people. Considering increasing caseloads and a lack of clinical tools for speakers of minority languages, this research agenda has an important impact for future research and clinical advancements.
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This work is supported by the French National Research Agency ANR ALI-Multi Project (ANR-24-MRS1-0003-01). The authors acknowledge the support of the Collaboration of Aphasia Trialists which is funded by the European Cooperation in Science and Technology Actions (COST IS 1208), and the Tavistock Trust for Aphasia in fostering international/multidisciplinary aphasia research collaboration (TTA, 2017, 2023). Silvia Martínez-Ferreiro acknowledges support of RYC2020-028927-1, MICIU/AEI /10.13039/501100011033 y por El FSE invierte en tu futuro. Adrià Rofes received support from the Dutch Research Council (VI. Vidi.231C.001). Marie Pourquié and Amaia Munarriz-Ibarrola acknowledge funding from both the Basque Government (IT1627-22) and the MICIU (PID2023-148030NB-I00). Claudia Peñaloza is supported by grant RYC2021-034561-I funded by MCIN/AEI/10.13039/501100011033 and the European Union NextGenerationEU/PRTR. Seçkin Arslan received support from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant (838602).
