Mum wakes up with a different foreign accent every day after 'MRI scan triggered rare condition'

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A mum wakes up every day with a different foreign accent after she claims an MRI scan triggered a rare condition.

Michaela Armer from Poulton-Le-Fylde lost her consistent Lancashire accent overnight in 2015, something she believes was triggered by an MRI scan which 'aggravated' her chronic complex migraines.

Since the scan 47-year-old Michaela doesn't know before opening her mouth whether she'll speak in a Chinese, Filipino, South African, Italian, Polish or French accent.

Michaela is one of just a handful of people worldwide who has Foreign Accent Syndrome – a condition which makes it sound as if the person is speaking with a foreign accent.

Interior design business owner Michaela said: "I've suffered from racism all the time over the last couple of years.