Irish brogue after stroke.
BACKGROUND
We describe a patient who presented a unique variation of the previously described acquired foreign accent syndrome.


METHODS
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.
Seliger
G M
GM
Department of Neurology, College of Physicians and Surgeons, Columbia University, New York.
Abrams
G M
GM
Horton
A
A
D000368:Aged; D001921:Brain / Q000473:pathology; D002561:Cerebrovascular Disorders / Q000150:complications* / Q000175:diagnosis; D004401:Dysarthria / Q000209:etiology*; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D007494:Ireland; D008279:Magnetic Resonance Imaging