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Foreign Accent Syndrome following a catastrophic second injury: MRI correlates, linguistic and voice pattern analyses.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  10857668     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
A case study of Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) is presented with discussion of anatomical localization of injury and comparisons of pre- and postinjury linguistic, phonetic, and acoustic speech characteristics. Because the patient's injury and symptoms were unrelated to previously injured left frontal cortex, and in light of another case history (Moonis et al., 1996), we suggest that FAS has a primary subcortical involvement. We also show that this case is accompanied by a deficit in linguistic, but not affective, prosodic expression. We agree that the "foreign" quality of the FAS speech is a perceptual impression of the listener and not inherent in the patient's vocalization. Finally, we suggest a battery of tests for future FAS cases to further our study and understanding of the syndrome.
Authors:
T J Carbary; J P Patterson; P J Snyder
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Brain and cognition     Volume:  43     ISSN:  0278-2626     ISO Abbreviation:  Brain Cogn     Publication Date:    2000 Jun-Aug
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2000-08-23     Completed Date:  2000-08-23     Revised Date:  2007-11-15    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  8218014     Medline TA:  Brain Cogn     Country:  UNITED STATES    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  78-85     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Michigan State University, East Lansing, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Brain / pathology
Brain Injuries / complications*,  diagnosis
Humans
Linguistics
Magnetic Resonance Imaging
Male
Middle Aged
Phonetics
Speech Acoustics
Speech Disorders / diagnosis*,  etiology*
Syndrome
Terminology as Topic
Voice / physiology*
Voice Quality*

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