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Adult Lаnguаge Disоrders Yоu will be аssessing Mr. Jоe Kang in a university outpatient clinic, so you have plenty of time for the assessment. Mr. Kang is a 58-year-old cisgender man, one year post-stroke in the left hemisphere ACA/MCA watershed area that resulted in aphasia with no residual right-sided paresis. He has no other significant past medical history. Immediately following his stroke, his aphasia symptoms were moderate-to-severe in severity, and would now (one year post-onset) be characterized as mild-to-moderate. Mr. Kang reports being bilingual in English and Korean, though he only uses Korean when speaking with his extended family members on the West Coast, who are also bilingual in English and Korean. He speaks English at home with his family, at work, and with strangers/people in his neighborhood. As a result, Mr. Kang is mostly interested in improving his communication in English. Mr. Kang’s eldest daughter accompanies him to this visit at the university clinic, and tells you that Mr. Kang has become very helpful at home since his stroke (e.g., cleaning, cooking, laundry, driving the kids to various places), but he no longer likes going out of the house alone. For example, he won’t go to places like the grocery store, post office, barber, or laundromat by himself, reporting that he’s afraid he’ll “get stuck” with his communication. His daughter shares with you that she, her mother, and her sister all understand Mr. Kang’s communication with relative ease, but they notice he’s become more “shy” with others, and others seem to have difficulty understanding him. They attribute his newfound shyness and other people’s difficulty understanding him to his aphasia. What else to know: Mr. Kang lives with his wife and two daughters. Mr. Kang’s hearing is within normal limits, he can write with his right hand, he is motivated to work on his communication, and he doesn’t fatigue easily. In your first conversation with Mr. Kang and his family on the phone, they share that their hope for speech therapy is for Mr. Kang to converse more easily with family, friends, and strangers alike, and for him to feel less shy/more willing to put himself out there, even when his family isn’t present to standby and help. 1. Detail what you would do for an assessment, including how you would investigate potential cognitive issues. To do so, list the tests and tasks you’d employ, and provide a rationale for each (i.e., what it tests/why it’s important). (NOTE: Please remember his hearing is WNL, so do not mention that. Also, if you are going to do an interview, mention some key questions you would ask and why). 2. Based on the lesion site, please state what type of aphasia is likely and what language/communication characteristics you would expect from that type of aphasia. Please provide as many details as you can. 3. What two treatments would you choose for Mr. Kang based on what you know and his goals? You must provide treatments, not tasks (e.g., do not say you would work on working memory or generative naming). You don’t have to, but consider providing an impairment-based and functional/LPAA-focused treatment. Provide a rationale for each treatment you choose.