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'Speech was my thing and then I couldn't do it'
A year ago, broadcaster Clemency Burton-Hill, who is known for presenting on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 3 and the ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Proms, collapsed with a brain bleed.
She ended up being in a coma for 17 days. When she woke up, she couldn’t speak or move.
In her first broadcast interview since the incident, she spoke to ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4's Woman's Hour presenter Emma Barnett about how it felt to understand everyone but not be able to reply.
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