title: Developmental Foreign Accent Syndrome: Report of a New Case.
abstract: This paper presents the case of a 17-year-old right-handed Belgian boy with developmental FAS and comorbid developmental apraxia of speech (DAS). Extensive neuropsychological and neurolinguistic investigations demonstrated a normal IQ but impaired planning (visuo-constructional dyspraxia). A Tc-99m-ECD SPECT revealed a significant hypoperfusion in the prefrontal and medial frontal regions, as well as in the lateral temporal regions. Hypoperfusion in the right cerebellum almost reached significance. It is hypothesized that these clinical findings support the view that FAS and DAS are related phenomena following impairment of the cerebro-cerebellar network.
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Experimental Neurolinguistics, Vrije Universiteit BrusselBrussels, Belgium; Center for Language and Cognition Groningen, Rijksuniversiteit GroningenGroningen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Stefanie
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Keulen
authors.affiliation: Clinical and Experimental Neurolinguistics, Vrije Universiteit BrusselBrussels, Belgium; Department of Neurology and Memory Clinic, ZNA Middelheim General HospitalAntwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Peter
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Mariën
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurology and Memory Clinic, ZNA Middelheim General Hospital Antwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Peggy
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Wackenier
authors.affiliation: Center for Language and Cognition Groningen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Groningen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Roel
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Jonkers
authors.affiliation: Center for Language and Cognition Groningen, Rijksuniversiteit Groningen Groningen, Netherlands.
authors.forename: Roelien
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Bastiaanse
authors.affiliation: Department of Language and Communication Science, City University LondonLondon, UK; Computational Linguistics and Psycholinguistics Research Center, Universiteit AntwerpenAntwerp, Belgium.
authors.forename: Jo
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Verhoeven
keywords: Developmental Foreign Accent Syndrome; Developmental apraxia of speech; FAS; SPECT; constructional dyspraxia; speech disorder