Ahad Israfil
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Ahad Israfil is a gunshot
victim from Dayton, Ohio
, remarkable for his recovery from an injury that destroyed most or all of one cerebral hemisphere
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In 1987, aged 14, Ahad was shot in the head at work when his employer accidentally knocked a firearm to the floor. After a five-hour operation, doctors were amazed when he attempted to speak.
The injury destroyed much brain tissue and half of his skull, but the skin of his scalp survived. After the void within his skull had been filled in with a silicone block, the flap of skin was pulled over and hair regrew, giving him a fairly normal appearance.
Although Ahad now uses a wheelchair, he has regained most of his faculties and has successfully obtained a degree.
He has also appeared on television programs such as World of Pain (Bravo, UK), and Ripley's Believe it or Not.
Other neurological trauma/damage cases:
Gunshot
A gunshot is the discharge of a firearm, producing a mechanical sound effect and a chemical gunshot residue. The term can also refer to a gunshot wound caused by such a discharge. Multiple discharges of a firearm or firearms are referred to as gunfire. The word can connotate either the sound of a...
victim from Dayton, Ohio
Dayton, Ohio
Dayton is the 6th largest city in the U.S. state of Ohio and the county seat of Montgomery County, the fifth most populous county in the state. The population was 141,527 at the 2010 census. The Dayton Metropolitan Statistical Area had a population of 841,502 in the 2010 census...
, remarkable for his recovery from an injury that destroyed most or all of one cerebral hemisphere
Brain
The brain is the center of the nervous system in all vertebrate and most invertebrate animals—only a few primitive invertebrates such as sponges, jellyfish, sea squirts and starfishes do not have one. It is located in the head, usually close to primary sensory apparatus such as vision, hearing,...
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In 1987, aged 14, Ahad was shot in the head at work when his employer accidentally knocked a firearm to the floor. After a five-hour operation, doctors were amazed when he attempted to speak.
The injury destroyed much brain tissue and half of his skull, but the skin of his scalp survived. After the void within his skull had been filled in with a silicone block, the flap of skin was pulled over and hair regrew, giving him a fairly normal appearance.
Although Ahad now uses a wheelchair, he has regained most of his faculties and has successfully obtained a degree.
He has also appeared on television programs such as World of Pain (Bravo, UK), and Ripley's Believe it or Not.
See also
- Cognitive neuropsychologyCognitive neuropsychologyCognitive neuropsychology is a branch of cognitive psychology that aims to understand how the structure and function of the brain relates to specific psychological processes. It places a particular emphasis on studying the cognitive effects of brain injury or neurological illness with a view to...
- HM (patient)HM (patient)Henry Gustav Molaison , famously known as HM or H.M., was an American memory disorder patient who was widely studied from late 1957 until his death...
- HemispherectomyHemispherectomyHemispherectomy is a very rare surgical procedure where one cerebral hemisphere is removed or disabled. This procedure is used to treat a variety of seizure disorders where the source of the epilepsy is localized to a broad area of a single hemisphere of the brain...
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- Clive WearingClive WearingClive Wearing is a British musicologist, conductor, and keyboardist suffering from an acute and long-lasting case of anterograde and retrograde amnesia, meaning that he lacks the ability to form new memories.-Musical career:...