Story highlights Lisa Alamia sounded very different after her jaw surgery

A neurologist diagnosed her with foreign accent syndrome

(CNN) Lisa Alamia is a Texan, through and through. But you wouldn't know it when she opens her mouth to speak.

She had surgery on her lower jaw a few months ago, and she's had a British accent ever since.

"I didn't notice it at first," said Alamia, who is of Mexican heritage. "But my husband told me I was talking funny. My surgeon thought it was just a physical result of the surgery and that it would go away as I healed."

But it didn't, so she ended up seeing Dr. Toby Yaltho, a Houston neurologist.

Texas woman wakes up with foreign accent after jaw surgery. Doctors say it's a rare disorder @abc13houston pic.twitter.com/f2K5KAMuqZ — Marla Carter (@MarlaABC13) June 22, 2016

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