Man, 29, with locked-in syndrome completes 50,000 word book

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Find out more about how locked-in syndrome sufferers can communicate thanks to the University of Rochester.

READ MORE:A man left totally paralysed after developing locked-in syndrome has written a 50,000-word book using just his eyes.

But using an Eyegaze computer — a machine that tracks his eye movements — Mr Wicks has amazingly written a novel over the course of 18 months. He told the BBC: 'The initial chapter introduces the reader to my life before the stroke, allowing them to understand who I was.' Such damage usually occurs due to a lack of blood flow or bleeding following serious physical trauma.

 

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