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Dr. Steven Laureys, a neurologist at Liege University Hospital in Belgium, one of Houben’s doctors, now acknowledges the technique doesn’t work and that while Houben is conscious, he is not communicating.
ProWomanProLife » Coma story not quite as encouraging as we thought 2010
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Facilitated communication can be used with some patients but should be avoided with patients such as Houben who are severely brain injured, said Tom McMillan, a professor of neuropsychology at Glasgow University.
Free Internet Press 2010
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Bayley said patients such as Houben should be retested every few months.
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Bayley said patients such as Houben should be retested every few months.
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Bayley said patients such as Houben should be retested every few months.
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Are there legal ramifications for cases such as Houben's?
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Bayley said patients such as Houben should be retested every few months.
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In 1983 Rom Houben, a 20-year-old Belgian, was left unconscious by an automobile accident.
Purgatory on Earth 2009
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Rom Houben, trapped in his paralysed body after a car crash, described his real-life nightmare as he screamed to doctors that he could hear them – but could make no sound.
Purgatory on Earth 2009
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Rom Houben, trapped in his paralysed body after a car crash, described his real-life nightmare as he screamed to doctors that he could hear them – but could make no sound.
Science 2010
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