What makes a man who grew up in the American south suddenly sound like he has a British accent?
Hear from Kenley Byrd, who鈥檚 had this accent since he had a mini-stroke thirteen years ago. He is one of fewer than 100 known people in history to have Foreign Accent Syndrome.
And find out what we know - and what we don鈥檛 know - about this extremely rare condition.
GUESTS:
- : Professor Emeritus at the University of Central Florida in the School of Communication Sciences and Disorders, and co-author of
- Kenley Byrd: Developed Foreign Accent Syndrome after having a mini-stroke in 2010. He runs a for people who have this condition
Jessica Severin de Martinez, Khaleel Rahman, Meg Fitzgerald, Meg Dalton, and Catie Talarski contributed to this show.
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