Authors Ryalls and Miller use a combination of personal testimony and scientific commentary to examine the rare psychological disorder Foreign Accent Syndrome, or FAS. The text focuses on the
variety of diverse experiences of sufferers for the syndrome and attempts to shed light on the complexity of links between the brain and the development of speech patterns. The authors also
examine the perception of speech and how this perception informs our perceptions of others and of ourselves. Jack Ryalls, Professor at the Department of Communication Sciences and Disorders at
the University of Central Florida, and Nick Miller, Professor of Motor Speech Disorders at the Institute of Health and Society, Newcastle University, UK, are two of the foremost global experts
on Foreign Accent Syndrome. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR (protoview.com)
