![EXCLUSIVE: Story from Jam Press (Foreign Accent Syndrome) Pictured: Video grab - Tara Livingston speaking about how she woke up with a Russian accent after suffering a stroke and says strangers think she is faking it.VIDEO: Mum wakes up with Russian accent after stroke and says strangers think she's faking itA mum woke up with a Russian accent after she suffered a stroke – and has told how strangers think that she's faking it.Tara Livingston says she went to sleep sounding like herself and woke up sounding like she was from Russia.The 56-year-old suffered a stroke in November 2023, which left her with aphasia and apraxia of speech – conditions that affect language and the ability to form words.She began intensive speech therapy and slowly started relearning how to talk.But in February 2024, after undergoing a small surgical procedure beside her eye, she woke up with a completely different accent."I am so Canadian [but] I'm now treated like a immigrant," Tara told NeedToKnow."It's hard especially when I forget."I live near a famous ski town and I talk to the visitors about Canadian trivia and then they ask where I'm from."I almost cry when I have to answer, it breaks my heart."First I had a stroke and I was afflicted with aphasia and apraxia of speech.Recalling what happened the day she woke up from surgery, Tara said: "I tried to talk to the nurses."It came out in a Russian accent and I was surprised that I couldn't stop it."I was so confused."Doctors diagnosed Tara with Foreign Accent Syndrome, an extremely rare neurological condition where damage to the brain alters speech patterns and makes a person sound as though they have a foreign accent.The mum-of-three from Ontario, Canada, says people often think she's doing the accent as a joke, which has even led to an altercation with a real Russian.She said: "The doctors never thought I was faking."But, I was at the neighbourhood pub and a woman started speaking Russian to me."I laughed an.18 Feb 2026Pictured: Story from Jam Press (Foreign Accent Syndrome) Pictured: Video grab - Tara Livingston speaking about how she woke up with a Russian accent after suffering a stroke and says strangers think she is faking it.VIDEO: Mum wakes up with Russian accent after stroke and says strangers think she's faking itA mum woke up with a Russian accent after she suffered a stroke – and has told how strangers think that she's faking it.Tara Livingston says she went to sleep sounding like herself and woke up sounding like she was from Russia.The 56-year-old suffered a stroke in November 2023, which left her with aphasia and apraxia of speech – conditions that affect language and the ability to form words.She began intensive speech therapy and slowly started relearning how to talk.But in February 2024, after undergoing a small surgical procedure beside her eye, she woke up with a completely different accent."I am so Canadian [but] I'm now treated like a immigrant," Tara told NeedToKnow."It'.,Image: 1076119267, License: Rights-managed, Restrictions: NO Australia, Germany, Norway, South Korea, Sweden, United Kingdom, United States, Unknown Country, Model Release: no](/media/2026/02/24/809408/MobL-profimedia-1076119267-400.webp?1771932329)
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