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Tourette Syndrome

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Feb 12, 202627:31Society & Culture

Michael Rosen talks to Ione Georgakis from Tourette Action about about her personal and professional experience of Tourette Syndrome and vocal tics. How and why do tics happen, and what are some of the myths and misunder...

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Tourette Syndrome is an episode from Word of Mouth by BBC. Michael Rosen talks to Ione Georgakis from Tourette Action about about her personal and professional experience of Tourette Syndrome and vocal tics. How and why do tics happen, and...

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Published Feb 12, 2026, 27:31 long, audio available.

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Michael Rosen talks to Ione Georgakis from Tourette Action about about her personal and professional experience of Tourette Syndrome and vocal tics. How and why do tics happen, and what are some of the myths and misunderstandings around the syndrome? Produced for BBC Audio Bristol by Sally Heaven, in partnership with the Open University.

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Published Feb 12, 2026 and 27:31 long