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Study: Hospitals vary in management of children with traumatic brain injury

Hospitals vary in management of children with traumatic brain injury—particularly in monitoring and preventing the harmful effects of increased intracranial pressure (ICP), according to a study in the November issue of Neurosurgery, official journal of the Congress of Neurological Surgeons.

12 Nov 2013

Foreign Accent Syndrome individuals overemphasize given information

Individuals with Foreign Accent Syndrome often place pitch accents on given information, instead of de-accenting such elements, and encounter problems in signaling the status of information, the results of a UK study indicate.

3 Oct 2012

Migraine attacks leading to a Chinese accent in a British woman

In a bizarre incident a British woman after repeated attacks of migraine headache has started speaking with a Chinese accent. Sarah Colwill, 35, according to experts is suffering from a condition known as Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS).

20 Apr 2010

Canadian case of foreign-accent syndrome after stroke

A woman in southern Ontario is one of the first cases in Canada of a rare neurological syndrome in which a person starts speaking with a different accent, McMaster University researchers report in the July issue of the Canadian Journal of Neurological Sciences.

3 Jul 2008

Foreign Accent Syndrome News and Research

Study: Hospitals vary in management of children with traumatic brain injury

Foreign Accent Syndrome individuals overemphasize given information

Migraine attacks leading to a Chinese accent in a British woman

Canadian case of foreign-accent syndrome after stroke

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