foreign accent syndrome fas

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foreign accent syndrome

An extremely rare disorder, which may be temporary or permanent, in which a person who has suffered a stroke or other brain trauma recovers but subsequently speaks with a seeming foreign accent

A Baltimore man suddenly began speaking with a Scandinavian accent after suffering a stroke. . . . The man had foreign accent syndrome, a rare condition in which a brain malfunction produces speech alterations that sound like a foreign accent.

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for·eign ac·cent syn·drome FAS