He was initially reported as communicating by typing into a keyboard with his right hand, though the presence of a facilitator to move his hand attracted sharp criticism and strong doubts that Houben's communications were authentic.

Twenty-three years later, using 'modern brain imaging techniques and equipment', doctors revised his diagnosis to locked-in syndrome. In 1983, Rom Houben survived a near-fatal car crash and was diagnosed as being in a vegetative state. On March 26, 2020, his wife Nicola gave birth to triplets, conceived with Nick via IVF. He can't speak, but communicates via pointedly moving his eyes around a clear plastic board with letters and number on it to spell out what he wants to say. He has since recovered some muscle usage, and has become a bodybuilder and a personal trainer for other disabled people. Nick Chisholm (born 1973 in Dunedin, New Zealand), the brother of Survivor NZ host Matt Chisholm, suffered a series of mini-strokes, culminating in a massive brainstem stroke during a rugby game at the age of 27 on 29 July 2000. He was instrumental in forming the Association du Locked in Syndrome (ALIS) in France. Two days after the book was published in March 1997, Bauby died from pneumonia. By blinking this eye, he slowly dictated one alphabetic character at a time and, in so doing, was able over a great length of time to write his memoir, The Diving Bell and the Butterfly the memoir was adapted to the screen in a namesake 2007 movie. When he awoke 20 days later, he found his body was almost completely paralyzed he could control only his left eyelid (as the other was sewn shut to prevent an infection). Jean-Dominique Bauby įrench journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby suffered a stroke in December 1995.

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