Night-Errant t1_j6a9qqu wrote on January 28, 2023 at 9:55 PM Reply to TIL about foreign accent syndrome. This is a very rare (~100 cases worldwide) but real medical condition where people abruptly begin speaking in a foreign accent following head trauma like a bad migraine, accident, or stroke. by veety Except it's not a foreign accent, it's a speech impediment which we interpret as being similar to how an accent sounds. Difficulties with certain sounds etc. Permalink 1
Night-Errant t1_j6a9qqu wrote
Reply to TIL about foreign accent syndrome. This is a very rare (~100 cases worldwide) but real medical condition where people abruptly begin speaking in a foreign accent following head trauma like a bad migraine, accident, or stroke. by veety
Except it's not a foreign accent, it's a speech impediment which we interpret as being similar to how an accent sounds.
Difficulties with certain sounds etc.