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When an old woman started speaking in a "foreign" accent all of a sudden
1. About a year back, a 70-year old woman was brought by her son to my OPD. As per him, she had started to speak Telugu in an "American" accent, since waking up that morning.
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1. About a year back, a 70-year old woman was brought by her son to my OPD. As per him, she had started to speak Telugu in an "American" accent, since waking up that morning.
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2. She was illiterate, had no relatives or friends from USA and had never travelled to USA.
She had been confined to home for several months due to Covid lockdown and her son took her to a #psychiatrist, thinking she had developed this #Speech #abnormality due to stress.
She had been confined to home for several months due to Covid lockdown and her son took her to a #psychiatrist, thinking she had developed this #Speech #abnormality due to stress.
3. Psychiatrist could not find any behavioral disorder and wanted a neurologist opinion.
Clinical examination revealed a problem with her speech. It was slow, and she had difficulty in clearly pronouncing words. It felt as if she was speaking Telugu in an American English accent
Clinical examination revealed a problem with her speech. It was slow, and she had difficulty in clearly pronouncing words. It felt as if she was speaking Telugu in an American English accent
