Tuesday, February 3, 2015

Surgery stroke, grandmother in Chinese English proficient

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Surgery stroke, grandmother in Chinese English proficient (Photo: Google)


94-year-old woman in China can no longer speak in their mother tongue and can only speak in English after he suffered a stroke and underwent brain surgery.


Formerly, Jiayu Liu from Hunan Province been an English teacher for 30 years. After experiencing a kind of cerebral infarction ischemic stroke is usually caused by a blockage in the blood vessels, parts of the brain associated with language is damaged. Therefore, even though she understands the Chinese language, after surgery he was only able to respond in English.

As reported Shanghaiist, a similar condition including 'Foreign Accent Syndrome' has actually occurred also in various parts of the world. It usually occurs after the patient had a stroke or other brain trauma. A neurologist United States named Dr. Gregory O'Shanick also strengthen it by stating that there is "a situation in which they are studying a foreign language will be able to speak in the language of surgery."


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