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Article type: Research Article
Authors: Jones, Harrison N. | Story, Tyler J.; | Collins, Timothy A. | DeJoy, Daniel | Edwards, Christopher L.;
Affiliations: Department of Surgery, Division of Speech Pathology and Audiology, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA | Department of Medicine, Division of Neurology, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA | Department of Communications, North Carolina State University, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA | Department of Psychiatry, Division of Medical Psychology, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA | Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology, Duke University Medical Center, NC, USA
Note: [] Corresponding author: Harrison N. Jones, PhD, Duke University Medical Center, 155 Baker Hose, Trent Dr., DUMC 3887, Durham, NC, 27710, USA. Tel.: +1 919 684 6271; Fax: +1 919 684 8298; E-mail: harrison.jones@duke.edu
Abstract: Multiple reports have described patients with disordered articulation and prosody, often following acute aphasia, dysarthria, or apraxia of speech, which results in the perception by listeners of a foreign-like accent. These features led to the term foreign accent syndrome (FAS), a speech disorder with perceptual features that suggest an indistinct, non-native speaking accent. Also correctly known as psuedoforeign accent, the speech does not typically match a specific foreign accent, but is rather a constellation of speech features that result in the perception of a foreign accent by listeners. The primary etiologies of FAS are cerebrovascular accidents or traumatic brain injuries which affect cortical and subcortical regions critical to expressive speech and language production. Far fewer cases of FAS associated with psychiatric conditions have been reported. We will present the clinical history, neurological examination, neuropsychological assessment, cognitive-behavioral and biofeedback assessments, and motor speech examination of a patient with FAS without a known vascular, traumatic, or infectious precipitant. Repeated multidisciplinary examinations of this patient provided convergent evidence in support of FAS secondary to conversion disorder. We discuss these findings and their implications for evaluation and treatment of rare neurological and psychiatric conditions.
Keywords: Foreign accent syndrome, conversion disorder, neuropsychological assessment, case study, speech disorders
DOI: 10.3233/BEN-2011-0332
Journal: Behavioural Neurology, vol. 24, no. 3, pp. 245-255, 2011
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