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A teenager with cerebral palsy has loaded his voice synthesiser with a Geordie accent - because he says it’s the way to win women.

Lewis Fisher, 19, relies on the eye-controlled aid, similar to one used by Professor Stephen Hawking. But he reckons the computerised English-US twang was hindering his love life.

He said: “My old accent was rubbish. I wanted to sound Geordie because it’ll help me chat up lasses.”

Lewis’s condition was partly caused at birth by errors that starved his brain of oxygen for around 28 minutes.

He needs a wheelchair and has used a voice generator since he was four.

Lewis, of Medburn in Northumberland, added: “Most people who use these talkers all sound the same and if we’re in a room together no one knows who has spoken. I want to be heard.

“My Geordie accent is friendlier, it makes people laugh and helps me stand out – especially with lasses.”

Lewis’s ideal woman is Michelle Keegan and he thinks he could be in reality show Geordie Shore.

He added: “I like drinking until 4am and playing man jokes, just like they do.”

Lewis likes swearing so much that students at Cheltenham’s National Star College say he has ‘communicator Tourette’s’.

He said: “My communicator has a camera that follows my eyes so I can spell words. But it takes a long time and some people are rude and tell me to hurry up.”

After auditioning three pals, Lewis picked Rob Thompson’s voice.

Geordie sayings:

He added: “It’s weird. Rob finds it odd to hear his own voice talking back to him. Maybe I’ll find another Geordie accent – I’d love Ant and Dec’s.”

Lewis’s mum Wendy, 43, dad Darren, 40, and brothers Nathan, 13, and Jamie, 10, are proud. Wendy said: “He started school at four and was one of the youngest to master a communicator. All the teachers loved him.”

Lewis – who stars in a BBC documentary about his school – loves Boccia, a disability sport similar to French boules. Already in the England squad, he hopes to make the GB squad and compete at the Paralympics.

He said: “I want to live a normal life like everyone else. I’m hoping to get a girlfriend so I can have a family.

“I also want to teach sport to children with special needs. If I can achieve that I’d feel I can give something back for all the support I’ve had.”

The Unbreakables airs on BBC3 on Thursday at 9pm.