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Radio 2,5 mins

The woman who woke up speaking with a foreign accent

Jeremy Vine

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Julie Matthias from Kent was a self-described 'Chatham chav'. Then, following a migraine, she suddenly started speaking with a foreign accent. The impact on her life has been devastating. Plus Sophie Scott, Professor of Neuroscience at University College London, explains that foreign accent syndrome isn't as straightforward as we might assume.

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