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Simulcast of network BBC One in high definition. From 03/11/2010

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Panorama: The Mind Reader: Unlocking My Voice

The Mind Reader: Unlocking My Voice

13/11/2012

BBC One - Panorama, The Mind Reader: Unlocking My Voice

The revolutionary efforts being made to help severely brain injured patients communicate.

Panorama follows a group of severely brain injured patients and reveals the revolutionary efforts made to help them communicate with their families and the outside world.

In a world exclusive, Panorama follows a group of severely brain injured patients and reveals the revolutionary efforts made to help them communicate with their families and the outside world. 

Never before filmed, this Panorama Special spent more than a year with a group of vegetative patients in Britain and Canada. 

They witness the moment when a patient regarded as vegetative for more than a decade is able to answer a series of questions whilst inside a brain scanner. 

The findings have profound implications for the patients and their families, as well as ethical consequences for scientists and medical staff.

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