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“Accent issue”: foreign accent syndrome following ischemic stroke

Neurological Sciences, 2019
Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is arare syndrome associated with altered speech rhythm and prosody, which listeners perceive as foreign; cerebrovascular accidents, tumors and multiple sclerosis are reported as possible causes of FAS. The pathophysiology of FAS is not yet understood.A 68-year-old Italian man was admitted to the EmergencyDepartment for ...
Di Stefano V., De Novellis A. M. P., Dono F., Onofrj M., De Angelis M. V.   +4 more
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The Foreign Accent Syndrome: A Reconsideration

Brain and Language, 1996
This study compared the post-CVA speech of a patient presenting with the foreign accent syndrome (FAS) to both a premorbid baseline for that patient and to similarly analyzed data from an earlier reported case of FAS. The object of this research was to provide quantitative acoustic data to determine whether: (1) the constellation of phonetic features ...
K M, Kurowski, S E, Blumstein, M, Alexander   +2 more
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A Case of Foreign Accent Syndrome

The Journal of Emergency Medicine, 2013
Foreign accent syndrome is a rare but potentially devastating clinical condition associated with altered speech rhythm and prosody, often occurring after a cerebral vascular accident. Missing this diagnosis can lead to delayed stroke work-up and treatment.We report a case of foreign accent syndrome in a 60-year-old woman who presented to the Emergency ...
Ashley X, Tran, Lisa D, Mills
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Foreign accent syndrome: An organic disorder?

Journal of Communication Disorders, 2005
This paper reports the case of a 32-year-old Dutch speaking woman who presented with foreign accent syndrome (FAS). There are good reasons to believe that the speech disturbance in this patient was of psychogenic origin. This case suggests that attested brain damage is not a prerequisite for a speech disorder to qualify as FAS and that FAS is not ...
John, Van Borsel, Leen, Janssens, Patrick, Santens   +2 more
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Foreign Accent Syndrome

2014
January 4, 2010, started out as just another day for Kay Russell of Gloucestershire, England. The 49-year-old grandmother suffered from severe migraines and later that evening, she went to bed with a debilitating attack. She awoke the next day to discover that she had a French accent (Guardian, 2010).
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What makes acquired foreign accent syndrome foreign?

Journal of Neurolinguistics, 2006
Abstract EJC, strongly right handed, presented with acquired neurogenic foreign accent syndrome (FAS) after a right anterior communicating artery aneurysm haemorrhage. We describe perceived and spectrographically viewed changes to her speech and attempt to ascertain why EJC was perceived as foreign, stepping beyond the general path of assuming ...
Miller N, Lowit A, O'Sullivan H
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Foreign accent syndrome following traumatic brain injury

Brain Injury, 2005
Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is a very rare disorder, caused by lesions of the dominant brain hemisphere and defined as a loss of normal phonetic contrast when using the mother language. The pronunciation is perceived by native speakers as compromised by a foreign accent.
M, Lippert-Gruener, U, Weinert, T, Greisbach, C, Wedekind   +3 more
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Foreign accent syndrome: A multimodal mapping study

Cortex, 2013
The present study explored the functional neuroanatomy of Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) in an Italian native speaker who developed an altered speech rhythm and melody following a circumscribed tumour to the left precentral gyrus. Structural, functional, fibre tracking and intraoperative findings were combined. No signs of dysarthria, apraxia of speech,
Tomasino B, Marin D, Maieron M, Ius T, Budai R, Fabbro F, Skrap M   +6 more
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Differences between foreign accent syndrome and real foreign accents

2011
Foreign accent syndrome FAS) is a motor speech disorder in which patients develop a speech accent which is notably different from their premorbid accent. This paper investigates the perceptual differences between speakers with FAS, speakers with a real foreign accent and a group of control speakers.
Marien, Peter, De Pauw, Guy, Pettinato, M., Hirson, Allen, Jo, Verhoeven   +4 more
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An atypical case of Foreign Accent Syndrome

Clinical Linguistics & Phonetics, 2006
A new case of Foreign Accent Syndrome is described. This American woman presented with a British- or Australian- sounding accent after stroke, which resulted in a lacunar infarct in the left internal capsule. The atypical etiology and apparent changes in lexical use are described.
Ryalls, Jack, Whiteside, Janet
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