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Johan Verhoeven, Professor of Experimental Phonetics, City, University of London

American man developed an Irish accent after getting prostate cancer – foreign accent syndrome explained

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An American man developed an Irish accent following treatment for metastatic prostate cancer. The man was in his 50s and had never been to Ireland.

The accent was described as “uncontrolled”, meaning the man couldn’t stop talking with an Irish brogue, even if he tried. He continued speaking this way until his death.

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