Foreign accent syndrome

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Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is a rare and acquired speech disorder. In many cases, it is caused by a stroke. Damage to the brain affects the rhythm and melody of speech.

Foreign accent syndrome is so rare that most sources report fewer than 20 cases worldwide since 1941. Virtually every case of foreign accent syndrome has appeared following a traumatic brain injury, aneurism or stroke.

Foreign accent syndrome
Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is a rare medical condition that usually occurs as a rare side effect of severe brain injury, such as a stroke or a head injury. Between 1941 and 2006 there have been fifty recorded cases.

See also: Stroke, Symptom, Anxiety, Trauma, Smoking