Abstract: Objective To summarize the clinical characteristics of foreign accent syndrome (FAS) among Chinese. Methods The journal articles published in Chinese between 1980 and 2011 were retrieved with three Chinese translated versions of FAS as the key words, and 38 articles in line with the inclusion criteria were systematically analyzed. Results and Conclusion Each year, about (3.06±1.65) cases were published on FAS ever since 1996. The age of FAS patients was averagely around 38.10 years, and of the reported cases, there were 26 males and 23 females, there is no significant difference in gender (χ2=0.184, P=0.668). The etiological factors of FAS were identified mainly as injury (59.19%), stroke (32.65%) and psychogenic disorder (8.16%), and 65.31% of the focus were found at the left side of brain.85.72 % of the FAS patients were seen to be speaking a new dialect used by a larger population. 80% of the patients who didn't suffer from a coma changed their accent in 72 h following the injury, while 72.73% of those once in a coma changed their accent as they gained consciousness.The prognosis of FAS was fine, with an improvement rate of 70.83%, and 73.53 % of the patients began to recover less than 3 months later following the injury.

Key words: foreign accent syndrome, clinical characteristics, Chinese