The foreign accent syndrome: A reconsideration

Brain and Language

Volumn 54, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 1-25

  Kurowski, Kathleen M ^a   Blumstein, Sheila E ^a,b   Alexander, Michael ^b,c  

^a BROWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Boston Aphasia Research Center   (United States)

^c Braintree Hospital   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ATAXIC APHASIA; BRAIN INFARCTION; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; COMPUTER ASSISTED TOMOGRAPHY; CONSONANT; HUMAN; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONETICS; PITCH; REVIEW; SPEECH ARTICULATION; SPEECH DISORDER; VOICE; VOWEL;

EID: 0005607564     PISSN: 0093934X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/brln.1996.0059     Document Type: Article

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