Title

Vowels In Foreign Accent Syndrome

Abstract

In this chapter, the main findings for vowel production in Foreign Accent Syndrome, comparing and contrasting results for consonant production, will be reviewed. A review of this literature will demonstrate that vowel production is more consistently affected by FAS than consonant production. Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) is a rare neurological speech disorder presenting with a foreign-sounding accent. It results from neurological insult such as stroke or traumatic brain injury. To date, a few cases of FAS report concomitant diagnoses of aphasia (Whitaker, 1982; Graff -Radford, Cooper, Colsher, & Damasio, 1986; Ardila, Rosselli, & Ardila, 1988; Kurowski, Blumstein, & Alexander, 1996). However, it is important to distinguish FAS as a disorder characterized solely by impairment of speech, rather than one of language or cognition. According to Whitaker (1982): “Most aphasic patients retain their accent, or dialect, which they had prior to the onset of disease” (p. 195). A thorough review of the literature portrays FAS as a disorder characterized by some degree of variation in symptomatology, etiology, and speech characteristics across case studies.

Publication Date

1-1-2013

Publication Title

Handbook of Vowels and Vowel Disorders

Number of Pages

347-363

Document Type

Article; Book Chapter

Personal Identifier

scopus

DOI Link

https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203103890-14

Socpus ID

84895071186 (Scopus)

Source API URL

https://api.elsevier.com/content/abstract/scopus_id/84895071186

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