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Foreign accent aphasia: presentation of two clinical cases
Foreign accent aphasia: presentation of two clinical cases
Paulina C. Murphy-Ruiz 1 
, Annel Gómez-Coello 2 , Ricardo Juárez-Ruiz 3 , Víctor D. Lozano-Flores 4
1 Departamento de Patología de Lenguaje, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Ciudad de México, México; 2 Subdirección de Audiología, Foniatría y Patología de Lenguaje, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Ciudad de México, México; 3 Departamento de Foniatría, Instituto Nacional de Rehabilitación Luis Guillermo Ibarra Ibarra, Ciudad de México, México; 4 Instituto de Otorrinolaringología, Hospital Zambrano Hellion, San Pedro Garza García, N.L., México
*Correspondence: Paulina C. Murphy-Ruiz. Email: dra.paulina.murphy@gmail.com
Abstract
Foreign accent aphasia is a diagnosis found in a few reports in the literature, with few Spanish-speaking cases. There is little consensus on the pathophysiology, diagnostic criteria, and therapeutic management. Most agree that it is the result of an acquired neurological disorder that primarily alters the segmental and suprasegmental aspects of language, while maintaining affective prosody and verbal communication without obvious limitations. This leads to the perception by the individual and those around them of having an accent different from that of the region, hence the term employee of a “foreigner”. This article presents two cases with alterations reported in the literature compatible with foreign accent syndrome.
Keywords: Aphasia. Foreign accent syndrome. Stroke.
