scholarly journals Speech Therapy (Rehabilitation Therapy) in Foreign Accent Syndrome in a Turkish Patient: A Case Report

2021 ◽  
Vol In Press (In Press) ◽  
Author(s):  
Morteza Farazi ◽  
Zahra Ilkhani ◽  
Marzieh Amrevani ◽  
Nasibeh Amirzargar
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Speech Therapy ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Foreign Accent ◽  
Turkish Patient ◽  
Foreign Accent Syndrome ◽  
Speech And Language Pathologists ◽  
Acoustic Analyses

: One of the consequences of a stroke in human is a foreign accentual syndrome, which is often caused by trauma or stroke. One of the most important injuries in this syndrome is a disruption in prosodic units. The present report is about a 47-year-old woman with a brain tumor who speaks with a different accent than hers. Acoustic analyses were performed using the Praat software version 6.0.35. This paper indicates consistency with most of the damage reports in prosodic units, including stress, rhythm, pause, and speed of speech. Significant changes occurred in the prosodic units of the patient under study within 12 weeks. In addition to the decrease in the number of pauses and speech duration of the patient, pitch variations, increased coordination, and precision in articulation, also an increase in the expression of the number of words was observed during the patient’s speech. Due to the rarity of foreign accent syndrome, further research in this area is important for speech and language pathologists in terms of differential diagnosis and speech therapy.

Foreign Accent syndrome: neurolinguistics aspects in a case report

2014 ◽  
Vol 22 (02) ◽  
pp. 300-307
Author(s):  
Maria Cristina de Almeida Freitas Cardoso ◽  
Michelle Apellanis Borges ◽  
Erica Luciana Martinovski ◽  
Marina Luiza dos Santos
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Foreign Accent ◽  
Foreign Accent Syndrome

Acoustic analyses of two recovered cases of foreign accent syndrome

Aphasiology ◽  
2010 ◽  
Vol 24 (10) ◽  
pp. 1132-1154 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rosalie A. Perkins ◽  
Jack H. Ryalls ◽  
Cecyle K. Carson ◽  
Janet D. Whiteside
Keyword(s):  
Foreign Accent ◽  
Foreign Accent Syndrome ◽  
Acoustic Analyses

scholarly journals Beyond prosody: Foreign accent syndrome in a Spanish-speaking patient. Case report

Case reports ◽  
2019 ◽  
Vol 5 (1) ◽  
pp. 68-80
Author(s):  
Kelly Estrada-Orozco ◽  
Kely Bonilla-Vargas ◽  
Carolina Alfonso ◽  
Fabian Riaño ◽  
Patricia Montañés ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Foreign Accent ◽  
Cognitive Domains ◽  
Spanish Speaking ◽  
Speaking Patient ◽  
Essential Components ◽  
Foreign Accent Syndrome ◽  
Speech Features ◽  
One Year

Introduction: Foreign accent syndrome (FAS) is a rare speech disorder. It is becoming increasingly common to find reports of cases about alterations different from the suprasegmental aspects of speech, although these reports are not frequent in Spanish-speaking patients.Case presentation: 48-year-old female patient from Colombia diagnosed with FAS, segmental and suprasegmental speech alterations, and changes in cognitive domains (executive functions and language). The woman also presented with motor and affective changes. Brain imaging studies ruled out structural involvement and follow-up at one year did not show significant changes in speech.Discussion: This case presents the neurological, neuropsychological and speech features of a Spanish-speaking patient with FAS. Greater alteration in vowels than in consonants, alteration in pronunciation time, variation in rhythm and intonation of words and phrases, decrease of time between syllables, and insertion of vowels are common elements between this patient and other cases of FAS in non-Spanish speaking subjects.Conclusions: FAS is essentially a speech alteration; however, it can be accompanied by other physical and psychological signs. This case report allows recognizing the essential components for the definition, diagnosis and intervention of this syndrome.

A case of foreign accent syndrome: Acoustic analyses and an empirical test of accent perception

2010 ◽  
Vol 23 (6) ◽  
pp. 580-598 ◽  
Author(s):  
Raageen Kanjee ◽  
Scott Watter ◽  
Alexandre Sévigny ◽  
Karin R. Humphreys
Keyword(s):  
Empirical Test ◽  
Foreign Accent ◽  
Foreign Accent Syndrome ◽  
Accent Perception ◽  
Acoustic Analyses

Poster 552 Foreign Accent Syndrome in Stroke Patient: A Case Report

PM&R ◽  
2012 ◽  
Vol 4 ◽  
pp. S379-S379 ◽  
Author(s):  
Priyan Perera ◽  
Noel Rao ◽  
Laura Veltman
Keyword(s):  
Case Report ◽  
Stroke Patient ◽  
Foreign Accent ◽  
Foreign Accent Syndrome

Foreign Accent Syndrome: A Rare Sequelae after Orthognathic Surgery

FACE ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 52-56
Author(s):  
Kevin Chen ◽  
Rich Tyrell ◽  
Justine Lee ◽  
Henry Kawamoto ◽  
James P. Bradley
Keyword(s):  
Orthognathic Surgery ◽  
Speech Therapy ◽  
American English ◽  
Perioperative Complications ◽  
Sudden Change ◽  
Foreign Accent ◽  
Foreign Accent Syndrome ◽  
A Minor ◽  
Age Range

Background: Foreign accent syndrome is a rare speech disorder in which patients develop a sudden change in accent (eg, from American English to British accent) secondary to neurogenic, psychogenic, structural, or mixed causes. Orthognathic surgery may produce alterations in speech in select patients. Until now, foreign accent syndrome has not been noted after orthognathic surgery. Methods: A retrospective study of patients who underwent orthognathic surgery and developed foreign accent syndrome was conducted to document surgical details, postoperative course, speech evaluations, perioperative imaging and follow-up outcome (n = 5). Results: Patients who developed FAS after orthognathic procedures had an age range of 19 to 42 years and changed speech from American English to a British accent almost immediately in the postoperative period. There were no perioperative complications. Speech therapy revealed similar speech patterns and articulation changes. Patients found speech therapy helpful and all but 1 patient had resolution of their FAS speech within 2 years. Conclusion: Foreign Accent Syndrome is very rare but may result after orthognathic surgery when presumably a minor neurologic insult from temporary brain ischemia occurs during surgery. However, this phenomenon typically resolves and speech therapy may be helpful.

scholarly journals Occupational Neurobrucellosis Mimicking a Brain Tumor: A Case Report and Review of the Literature

2017 ◽  
Vol 2017 ◽  
pp. 1-5 ◽  
Author(s):  
Hussein Algahtani ◽  
Bader Shirah ◽  
Dina Abdulghani ◽  
Roiya Farhan ◽  
Raghad Algahtani
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Brain Tumor ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Social History ◽  
Risk Group ◽  
Review Of The Literature ◽  
The World ◽  
Infectious Organism ◽  
Space Occupying Lesion

Brucellosis is a zoonotic bacterial infection which is transmitted to humans from infected animals and is endemic in many parts of the world including Saudi Arabia. In this article, we report a case of occupational neurobrucellosis that presented with a space-occupying lesion mimicking a brain tumor. We stress on the importance of obtaining detailed social history including occupation to reach the diagnosis in several conditions including brucellosis. We also stress on taking universal precautions when handling any specimens. It may be advisable that manipulation of all unknown specimens arriving at the laboratory should occur in biological safety cabinet until a highly infectious organism is ruled out. Neurobrucellosis should be included in the differential diagnosis in patients presenting with solitary mass lesion mimicking brain tumor especially in endemic areas or high occupational risk group.

scholarly journals Paget Disease of the Vulva: Diagnosis by Immunohistochemistry

2015 ◽  
Vol 2015 ◽  
pp. 1-5
Author(s):  
Andressa Gonçalves Amorim ◽  
Brunelle Batista Fraga Mendes ◽  
Rodrigo Neves Ferreira ◽  
Antônio Chambô Filho
Keyword(s):  
Differential Diagnosis ◽  
Case Report ◽  
Surgical Treatment ◽  
Present Report ◽  
Macroscopic Appearance ◽  
Rare Neoplasm ◽  
Paget Disease ◽  
Eccrine Glands ◽  
Espirito Santo ◽  
Labium Majus

The objective of this paper is to report a case of extramammary Paget disease of the vulva, to describe its diagnosis, surgical treatment, and outcome, and to discuss the general characteristics of this pathology. This is a rare neoplasm, found principally in areas in which apocrine and eccrine glands are numerous. This case report is relevant to the literature since the differential diagnosis of extramammary Paget disease is difficult to be done only with the macroscopic appearance of the lesion and even with the microscopic characteristics, requiring further studies, immunohistochemistry, as to differentiate pathologies. The present report describes the case of a 63-year-old patient at the Santa Casa de Misericórdia Hospital in Vitória, Espírito Santo, Brazil, who presented with a hardened, ulcerated, and purplish lesion with hyperchromic and hypochromic spots, measuring 4 cm in diameter, located on the lower third of right labium majus, close to the vaginal fourchette. A right hemivulvectomy was performed, leaving wide margins all around. The patient progressed satisfactorily following surgery. Although extramammary Paget disease is rare, its incidence increases as a function of the patient’s age. Patients should be followed up closely because of the risk of persistence and/or recurrence of the disease.

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