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. 2020 Jul-Sep;14(3):329–332. doi: 10.1590/1980-57642020dn14-030015

Table 1. Frequency of error types in foreign accent syndrome and foreign accent-like syndrome cases.

Error types Reading words Reading text Spontaneous speech
Case 1 Case 2 Case 1 Case 2 Case 1 Case 2
n % n % n % n % n % n %
Segmentals
Syllable addition 0 0 1 4 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Syllable omission 0 0 2 7 1 14 2 7 2 25 3 6
Phoneme addition 0 0 2 7 1 14 1 3 0 0 2 4
Phoneme omission 0 0 12 41 5 72 9 30 5 62,5 22 44
Phoneme substitution 4 100 12 41 0 0 17 57 0 0 23 46
Morphemic errors 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 3 1 12,5 0 0
Total errors 4 100 29 100 7 100 30 100 8 100 50 100
Suprasegmentals
Atypical pauses (syllables) 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Atypical pauses (words) - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50
Inappropriate accent 0 0 1 100 2 100 0 0 3 100 0 0
Inadequate word stress - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Excessive pitch variations - - - - 0 0 0 0 0 0 3 50
Total errors 0 0 1 100 2 100 0 0 3 100 6 100