![It turned out that men who were thought to be in plant condition for 23 years actually had consciousness all the time - GIGAZINE It turned out that men who were thought to be in plant condition for 23 years actually had consciousness all the time - GIGAZINE](http://i.gzn.jp/img/2009/09/25/coma/coma02.jpg)
It turned out that men who were thought to be in plant condition for 23 years actually had consciousness all the time - GIGAZINE
![Trapped in his own body for 23 years - the coma victim who screamed unheard | Belgium | The Guardian Trapped in his own body for 23 years - the coma victim who screamed unheard | Belgium | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/11/24/1259021774667/Rom-Houben--46-002.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctYWdlLTIwMDkucG5n&enable=upscale&s=d5c7c4c8a15f914995af7d1a4cf438d3)
Trapped in his own body for 23 years - the coma victim who screamed unheard | Belgium | The Guardian
![Rom Houben and his mother Josephine Nicolaas Houben (R) at the hospital in Heusden-Zolder. For 23 years, people thought Rom Houben was in a coma after a car accident in 1983, but Rom Houben and his mother Josephine Nicolaas Houben (R) at the hospital in Heusden-Zolder. For 23 years, people thought Rom Houben was in a coma after a car accident in 1983, but](https://c8.alamy.com/comp/2M3D3E1/an-undated-houben-family-handout-photograph-showing-rom-houben-r-with-his-mother-josephine-nicolaas-houben-for-23-years-people-thought-he-was-in-a-coma-after-a-car-accident-in-1983-three-years-ago-doctor-steven-laureys-discovered-rom-was-not-in-a-coma-and-was-in-fact-conscious-2M3D3E1.jpg)
Rom Houben and his mother Josephine Nicolaas Houben (R) at the hospital in Heusden-Zolder. For 23 years, people thought Rom Houben was in a coma after a car accident in 1983, but
![Mother of Rom Houben who was in a 'coma' for 23 years knew he understood every word she said | Daily Mail Online Mother of Rom Houben who was in a 'coma' for 23 years knew he understood every word she said | Daily Mail Online](https://i.dailymail.co.uk/i/pix/2009/11/23/article-0-07558ED8000005DC-487_468x326.jpg)
Mother of Rom Houben who was in a 'coma' for 23 years knew he understood every word she said | Daily Mail Online
![I always knew he could understand, says mother of man locked in 'coma' | Medical research | The Guardian I always knew he could understand, says mother of man locked in 'coma' | Medical research | The Guardian](https://i.guim.co.uk/img/static/sys-images/Guardian/Pix/pictures/2009/11/24/1259095981322/Rom-Houben-with-his-mothe-001.jpg?width=1200&height=630&quality=85&auto=format&fit=crop&overlay-align=bottom%2Cleft&overlay-width=100p&overlay-base64=L2ltZy9zdGF0aWMvb3ZlcmxheXMvdGctYWdlLTIwMDkucG5n&enable=upscale&s=edd5f76d9bfcaf8d6e8a60956659265e)