Acoustic analyses of two recovered cases of foreign accent syndrome

Aphasiology

Volumn 24, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1132-1154

  Perkins, Rosalie A ^a   Ryalls, Jack H ^a   Carson, Cecyle K ^a   Whiteside, Janet D ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL FLORIDA   (United States)

Author keywords

Acoustic analysis; Brain injury; Foreign accent syndrome; Formant frequencies; Voice onset time; Vowel duration

Indexed keywords

ACOUSTICS; ADULT; ARTICLE; BRAIN HEMANGIOMA; CASE REPORT; CEREBROVASCULAR ACCIDENT; CONCUSSION; CONSONANT; FACIAL NERVE PARALYSIS; FEMALE; HEAD INJURY; HEMISPHERE; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MALE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE IMAGING; PHONETICS; SPEECH ANALYSIS; TRAFFIC ACCIDENT; TRAUMATIC BRAIN INJURY; VOICE ONSET TIME; VOWEL; WHITE MATTER;

EID: 77956780506     PISSN: 02687038     EISSN: 14645041     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02687030903022211     Document Type: Article

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