Business-Emu-6923 t1_j672r2f wrote on January 28, 2023 at 4:22 AM

Reply to comment by Pharius in TIL about foreign accent syndrome. This is a very rare (~100 cases worldwide) but real medical condition where people abruptly begin speaking in a foreign accent following head trauma like a bad migraine, accident, or stroke. by veety

This is actually the same thing.

Your brain processes language differently when “doing a funny voice”. After trauma to the brain such as a stroke, the usual pathways for language processing can get blocked. The brain finds a work-around by sending your speech via the funny-voice neurones.

Weird, but it can keep you talking after brain injury.