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Foreign accent syndrome: an organic disorder?
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  16199237     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
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 necessarily linked to another neurogenic speech disorder. It is argued that FAS is not a syndrome in its own right but only exists in the ears of the beholder. LEARNING OUTCOME: Readers will be able to describe the features that are believed to be typical of the foreign accent syndrome. Readers will be able to summarize the arguments that can be adduced to consider the foreign accent syndrome as an epiphenomenona.
Authors:
John Van Borsel; Leen Janssens; Patrick Santens
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Case Reports; Journal Article    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Journal of communication disorders     Volume:  38     ISSN:  0021-9924     ISO Abbreviation:  J Commun Disord     Publication Date:    2005 Nov-Dec
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2005-10-03     Completed Date:  2006-01-03     Revised Date:  -    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  0260316     Medline TA:  J Commun Disord     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  421-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
ENT Department, Ghent University Hospital, Ghent, Belgium. john.vanborsel@ugent.be
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Adult
Articulation Disorders / diagnosis*
Brain / radiography*
Delirium, Dementia, Amnestic, Cognitive Disorders / diagnosis*
Diagnosis, Differential
Female
Humans
Language
Phonetics
Severity of Illness Index
Syndrome
Tomography, X-Ray Computed
Verbal Behavior*

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