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Re:The agony and the ecstasy of deep brain stimulation surgery by axiosgunnar on Monday June 21, 2021 @10:21PM (#27587257)
> They needed to communicate to (a) make sure they didn't affect my speech center

What if they suddenly realized that they affected your speech center?

Would it have been too late and you would have permanent damage?

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Re:The agony and the ecstasy of deep brain stimulation surgery by heavyset_go on Monday June 21, 2021 @10:43PM (#27587371)
They use an instrument on the area first to gauge the person's reaction before actually operating on it.
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Re:The agony and the ecstasy of deep brain stimulation surgery by axiosgunnar on Tuesday June 22, 2021 @04:57AM (#27589439)
Interesting, thanks.
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