Mira Goral

Degrees
- Ph.D., City Univ. of N.Y. Grad. Center
Undergraduate and Graduate Education
- BA in Linguistics, Tel Aviv University, Israel
- Ph.D. in Speech and Hearing Sciences, Graduate Center, CUNY
Professional/Clinical Certificates
- NYS license in Speech-Language Pathology
- Certificate of Clinical Competence, ASHA
Research Interests
- Multilingualism
- Aphasia
- Language attrition
- Language and cognition in aging
Courses Taught
- Aphasia and Related Disorders
- Clinical Practicum
- Bilingualism
Publications
Kavé, G., and Goral., M. (in press). Do age-related word retrieval difficulties appear (or disappear) in connected speech? Aging, Neuropsychology and Cognition.
Goral, M., Campanelli, L., and Spiro, A. III (2015). Language dominance and inhibition abilities in bilingual older adults. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition, 18, 79-89.
Maul, K.K., Conner, P.S., Radvanski, C., Kempler, D., and Goral, M. (2014). Using informative verbal exchanges to promote verb retrieval in non-fluent aphasia. American Journal of Speech-Language Pathology, 23, 407-420.
Goral, M., Naghibolhosseini M., and Conner, P.S. (2013). Asymmetric inhibitory treatment effects in multilingual aphasia. Cognitive Neuropsychology. 30(7-8), 564-577.
Park, Y., Goral, M., Verkuilen, J., and Kempler, D. (2013). Effects of Noun-Verb Conceptual/ Phonological Relatedness on Verb Production Changes in Broca’s Aphasia. Aphasiology. 27(7), 811-827.
Goral. M., Rosas, J., Conner, P.S., Maul, K.K., and Obler, L.K. (2012). Effects of language proficiency and language of the environment on aphasia therapy in a multilingual. Journal of Neurolinguistics. 25, 538–551.
Gitterman, M.R., Goral, M., and Obler, L.K. (Eds.) (2012). Aspects of Multilingual Aphasia. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.Goral, M., Rosas, J., Conner, P. S., Maul, K. K., & Obler, L. K. (2012). Effects of language proficiency and language of the environment on aphasia therapy in a multilingual. Journal of Neurolinguistics, 25, 538-551.
Altman, C., Goral, M., & Levy, E. S. (2012). Integrated narrative analysis in multilingual aphasia. Aphasiology, 26(8), 1029-1052.
Gitterman, M. R., Goral, M., & Obler, L. K. (Eds.) (2012). Aspects of multilingual aphasia. Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.
Goral, M. (2012). Bilingualism, language, and aging. In J. Altarriba & L. Isurin (Eds.), Memory, language, and bilingualism: Theoretical and applied approaches (pp. 188-210). Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press.
Goral, M. (2012). Cross-language treatment effects in multilingual aphasia. In M. R. Gitterman, M. Goral, & L. K. Obler (Eds.), Aspects of multilingual aphasia (pp. 106-121). Bristol, UK: Multilingual Matters.
Goral, M. (2012). Multiple languages in the adult brain. In M. Faust (Ed.), The handbook of the neuropsychology of language (pp.720-737). Oxford: Wiley-Blackwell.
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Lerman, Aviva; Goral, Mira; Edmonds, Lisa A. & Obler, Loraine K. (2022). Strengthening the semantic verb network in multilingual people with aphasia: Within- and cross-language treatment effects∗. Bilingualism: Language and Cognition. ISSN 1366-7289. p. 1–15. doi: 10.1017/S1366728921001036.
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Norvik, Monica I. & Goral, Mira (2021). Assessment challenges in Acquired Aphasia in Multilingual Individuals. In Røyneland, Unn & Blackwood, Robert (Ed.), Multilingualism across the Lifespan. Routledge. ISSN 9781003125815. Full text in Research Archive
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Goral, Mira & Lerman, Aviva (2020). Variables and mechanisms affecting response to language treatment in multilingual people with aphasia. Behavioral Sciences. ISSN 2076-328X. 10(144), p. 1–17. doi: 10.3390/BS10090144. Full text in Research Archive
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Lerman, Aviva; Goral, Mira & Obler, Loraine (2020). The complex relationship between pre-stroke and post-stroke language abilities in multilingual individuals with aphasia. Aphasiology. ISSN 0268-7038. 34(11), p. 1319–1340. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2019.1673303.
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Lerman, Aviva; Goral, Mira; Edmonds, L.A. & Obler, L.K. (2020). Measuring treatment outcome in severe Wernicke’s aphasia. Aphasiology. ISSN 0268-7038. 34(12), p. 1487–1505. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2020.1787729.
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Segal, Dorit; Gollan, Tamar H.; Kavé, Gitit & Goral, Mira (2019). Multilingualism and Cognitive Benefits in Aging. In Montanari, Simona & Quay, Suzanne (Ed.), Multidisciplinary Perspectives on Multilingualism: The Fundamentals. De Gruyter Mouton. ISSN 978-1-5015-0798-4. p. 351–374. doi: 10.1515/9781501507984-016.
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Kuzmina, Ekaterina; Goral, Mira; Norvik, Monica I. & Weekes, Brendan (2019). What influences language impairment in bilingual aphasia? A meta-analytic review. Frontiers in Psychology. ISSN 1664-1078. 10:445, p. 1–22. doi: 10.3389/fpsyg.2019.00445. Full text in Research Archive
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Goral, Mira; Norvik, Monica I. & Jensen, Bård Uri (2019). Variation in language mixing in multilingual aphasia. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. ISSN 0269-9206. 33(10-11), p. 915–929. doi: 10.1080/02699206.2019.1584646. Full text in Research Archive
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Lerman, Aviva; Pazuelo, Lia; Kizner, Lian; Borodkin, Katy & Goral, Mira (2018). Language mixing patterns in a bilingual individual with non-fluent aphasia. Aphasiology. ISSN 0268-7038. doi: 10.1080/02687038.2018.1546821. Full text in Research Archive
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Goral, Mira (2018). Language and Older Bilinguals . In De Houwer, Annick & Ortega, Lourdes (Ed.), The Cambridge Handbook of Bilingualism. Cambridge University Press. ISSN 9781316831922. p. 101–116. doi: 10.1017/9781316831922.006.
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Goral, Mira; Galletta, Elizabeth E. & Conner, Peggy S. (2018). Aphasia rehabilitation. In Wilson, Richard & Raghavan, Preeti (Ed.), Stroke Rehabilitation. Elsevier. ISSN 978-0-323-66208-6.
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Conner, Peggy S.; Goral, Mira; Anema, Inge; Borodkin, Katy; Haendler, Yair & Knoph, Monica I. Norvik [Show all 10 contributors for this article] (2018). The role of language proficiency and linguistic distance in cross-linguistic treatment effects in aphasia. Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics. ISSN 0269-9206. 32(8), p. 739–757. doi: 10.1080/02699206.2018.1435723. Full text in Research Archive
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Norvik, Monica I. & Goral, Mira (2021). Assessment challenges in acquired aphasia in multilingual individuals .
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Ribu, Ingeborg Sophie; Theimann, Ane Ylje Opedal; Kuzmina, Ekaterina; Goral, Mira; Iacorossi, Michela & Lehtonen, Minna [Show all 8 contributors for this article] (2021). Predictive ability in bilingual speakers with and without aphasia.
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Norvik, Monica I. ; Goral, Mira; Kuzmina, Ekaterina; Røste, Ingvild & Simonsen, Hanne Gram (2019). Within and between language treatment effects in severe aphasia in multilingual speakers. Frontiers in Neuroscience. ISSN 1662-4548. doi: 10.3389/conf.fnhum.2019.01.00089.
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Goral, Mira & Norvik, Monica I. (2019). Picture-based language assessment in multilingual aphasia.
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Norvik, Monica I. & Goral, Mira (2018). Language mixing in multilingual aphasia - Strength or weakness?