Coma Victim Roused by Magnets: TMS Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation

A US patient who was left in a coma after a severe road accident regained the ability to speak after repeated exposure to a magnetic field.

The patient, Josh Villa, had not been expected to recover from the massive head injuries, but when doctors applied a technique known as “transcranial magnetic stimulation”, he began to speak simple words and respond to commands.