A woman's strange case of 'foreign accent syndrome' left doctors unsure of its cause.
A woman in Italy who went to the emergency room experienced a puzzling symptom: She suddenly began speaking in a Canadian accent even though her native language was Italian, according to a new report.
Most often, the condition is related to brain damage associated with conditions such as a stroke or traumatic brain injury. But the woman's case was unusual because no such damage could be found. At the hospital, the woman underwent several brain scans, but the results showed no signs of brain injury. The week before her hospital admission, she had tested positive for COVID-19, but by the time she arrived at the hospital, she tested negative.
These brain imaging tests did not reveal anything unusual; the woman's brain activity patterns appeared typical of a healthy, bilingual adult. Her psychiatric test results were also mostly in the normal range, except for slightly high levels of anxiety.
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