Title
Foreign Accent Syndrome Following a Closed Head Injury: Perfusion Deficit on Single Photon Emission Tomography with Normal Magnetic Resonance Imaging
UMMS Affiliation
Department of Neurology; Department of Psychiatry
Publication Date
1996-10
Document Type
Article
Subjects
Speech Disorders
Disciplines
Neurology | Neuroscience and Neurobiology
Abstract
Foreign accent syndrome is a rare speech disorder characterized by the emergence of an apparent foreign accent after an anterior left-hemispheric lesion. We report a case where the patient experienced foreign accent syndrome without other significant neurological deficits, consequent to a minor head injury. Results of single photon emission tomography (SPECT) studies suggest abnormal function of the left dorsolateral inferior frontal gyrus (sparing Broca's area) and the caudate nucleus as the underlying functional/anatomic basis of the syndrome, and acoustic analysis showed prosodic and vowel anomalies that contributed to the listener'sperception of a "foreign accent."
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Source
Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology, 9:272-279. Link to article on publisher's website
Journal/Book/Conference Title
Neuropsychiatry, Neuropsychology, and Behavioral Neurology
Repository Citation
Moonis, Majaz; Swearer, Joan M.; Blumstein, S. E.; Kurowski, K.; Licho, Robert; Kramer, P.; Mitchell, Ann L.; Osgood, Diane L.; and Drachman, David A., "Foreign Accent Syndrome Following a Closed Head Injury: Perfusion Deficit on Single Photon Emission Tomography with Normal Magnetic Resonance Imaging" (1996). Neurology Publications and Presentations. 226.
https://escholarship.umassmed.edu/neuro_pp/226