When Speech Goes Strange

By LILA GUTERMAN

Researchers, long baffled by 'foreign-accent syndrome,' are now closer to understanding the disorder

Imagine waking up one morning and finding you speak with a French accent.

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Hear a patient's speech before and after acquiring Foreign-Accent Syndrome.

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