“…First, an unfamiliar accent is significantly more difficult to understand for individuals with aphasia than those without aphasia when compared to a familiar accent (Dunton, Bruce, & Newton, 2011). Second, in a study comparing an unfamiliar native accent and an unfamiliar non-native accent to a familiar standard accent, Bruce, To, and Newton (2012) found that the non-native accent was more problematic than the regional accent. The impact of an unfamiliar native accent, however, becomes more marked when the task requires more processing demands from the listener, such as extracting and recalling information that was implied in an utterance rather than simply stated .…”