Irish brogue after stroke.
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BACKGROUND We describe a patient who presented a unique variation of the previously described acquired foreign accent syndrome. CASE DESCRIPTION A 65-year-old women developed an Irish brogue immediately after a deep left hemisphere stroke. The newly accented speech possibly represented a previously learned speech pattern. CONCLUSIONS Suppressed prosodic speech patterns may reemerge in the setting of brain injury.
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ورودعنوان ژورنال:
- Stroke
دوره 23 11 شماره
صفحات -
تاریخ انتشار 1992