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Foreign Accent Syndrome (Kay Russell)


Grandmother Goes to Bed with Migraine... and Wakes Up Speaking with a French Accent
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A grandmother who went to bed suffering from a migraine was amazed to wake up speaking with a French accent.

Kay Russell, 49, is now left with a voice that is unrecognisable to family and friends.

Doctors say she has Foreign Accent Syndrome, a condition which damages the part of the brain that controls speech and word formation.

Mrs Russell has suffered from migraines for 20 years.

Their effects are normally limited to temporarily paralysing her limbs and causing slurred speech.

But since January 4 this year, she has not spoken with her natural accent.

After one bad migraine, she was left with slurred speech for two weeks and made an appointment to have an MRI scan and see a neurologist.

Then one day she simply woke up with a French accent. Continue reading and comment >>> Daily Mail Reporter | Tuesday, September 14, 2010

Well, Well, Well! Fancy That!
THE TELEGRAPH: A 13-year-old Croatian girl who fell into a coma woke up speaking fluent German.

The girl, from the southern town of Knin, had only just started studying German at school and had been reading German books and watching German TV to become better, but was by no means fluent, according to her parents.

Since waking up from her 24 hour coma however, she has been unable to speak Croatian, but is able to communicate perfectly in German.

Doctors at Split's KB Hospital claim that the case is so unusual, various experts have examined the girl as they try to find out what triggered the change. Croatian teenager wakes from coma speaking fluent German >>> | Monday, April 12, 2010

Frisky at 90!
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Beat that!

Mark Alexander