An American blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman has been diagnosed with the blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman Foreign Accent Syndrome. The woman, Michelle Myers, 45, said that in 2015 blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman went to bed with a " blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman headache" and woke up with a British accent. The accent has remained with her ever blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman . Ms Myers said she has woken up speaking a blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman of accents before. She was totally perplexed at waking up and speaking with an Australian or Irish accent. These disappeared after two blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman but the UK accent has remained. Myers told blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman that she found her condition, "really difficult to begin with". She said: "It was hard because I was blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman struggling. I have come to terms with the fact that I might sound like this forever. I realize it's blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman of me now." Foreign Accent Syndrome (FAS) is a blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman that typically occurs after strokes or traumatic brain blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman that damage the blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman center of our brain. It varies in the blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman to which it affects someone's language and accent. In some cases, someone's native language sounds like it is tinged with a foreign accent; in other blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman , rhythm, stress and pronunciation can blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman change. The condition was first documented in 1907 by French blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman Pierre Marie. It is a relatively rare blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman . Only about 60 cases of FAS have been documented over the past century. One of these was a Japanese stroke blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman who woke up sounding Korean, even blinding completely condition degree disorder injuries instances journalists language neurologist part patient rare really she since though variety weeks woman he had never been to Korea.