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Stacey Gayle Grand Mal Seizures Triggered by Sean Paul Hit “Temperature”
Stacey Gayle, a 25-year-old woman from Alberta, Canada, appeared on CBS’ The Early Show on Friday morning and discussed the remarkable link between music and seizures and in particular her situation with one song in particular.
While most doctors had a hard time believing Gayle’s grand mal seizures were induced by the Sean Paul hit “Temperature” it was later discovered that the woman was one of only five known cases worldwide that involved musicogenic epilepsy.
Gayle began having seizures when she was 21 years old, well before the release of Sean Paul’s “Temperature,” but by the summer of 2006 she began to suspect a relationship between music and her condition. It was that Sean Paul tune that seemed to confirm her suspicions.
After convincing doctor’s that music was a trigger for her seizures she was monitored through an EEG which proved her epilepsy was somehow linked to the music. Doctors then implanted electrodes which allowed them to pinpoint where in her brain the irregularities were occurring.
Gayle then underwent a surgery that removed the small part of her brain that led to the seizures and she has been free of attacks for more than three months now.
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