Trying Tourette's device tested by Lewis Capaldi was the best day of my life (www.bbc.com)

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When Katie was just a child, her tics were so relentless they left her bedridden with a sore throat for two weeks. > > The now 15-year-old says living with Tourette's affected her ability to sleep, eat, and caused her to miss school. > > But a wrist device developed by researchers in Nottingham helped her calm down in an "instant". > > Katie recalled trying it on for the first time, and said: "It was absolutely life-changing. It was like the best day of my life."

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[-] frongt@lemmy.zip 2 points 20 minutes ago* (last edited 20 minutes ago)

it was also tested by the singer Lewis Capaldi, who has Tourette's, prior to a gig in the city

For anyone else that looked at the headline and went "huh?"

this post was submitted on 13 Nov 2026

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