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Order to change neural function. >> reporter: so in complete laymen's terms -- >> it is like a brain pacemaker. result. >> reporter: the results have been incredible. >> when it works, you get to see miracles. >> reporter: from this to this. and on this valentine's day, amy and andrew have already gotten their wish. side by side and hand in hand. >> now andrew still has the occasional tick, but he says 95% of his tourette's symptoms are gone. >> that is absolutely remarkable. any side effects to this? >> well, it is brain surgery so about 2% of people will experience a brain hemorrhage. but an...

Areas of the nervous system in order to change neural function. >> reporter: so in complete laymen's terms -- >> it is like a brain pacemaker. result. >> reporter: the results have been incredible. >> when it works, you get to see miracles. >> reporter: from this to this. and on this valentine's day, amy and andrew have already gotten their wish. side by side and hand in hand. >> now andrew still has the occasional tick, but he says 95% of his tourette's symptoms are gone. >> that is absolutely remarkable. any side effects to this? >> well, it is brain surgery so about 2% of people will experi...

Skull can be a period of discomfort. we keep the patient sedated during the period. once everything is opened, no pain receptors during the surgery itself. we are able to put electrodes in and do the testing without significant discomfort. >> not only did you have musical accompaniment during the brain surgery, but putting out live on twitter while you were doing it. why the social mediacom upon nent? >> in this age of internet technology. a lot of patients doing more and more research on the own. this would be a good opportunity for a medical center, an expert center to put out some informati...

To give up many things. but ten years ago stephan was fitted with what's often called a brain pacemaker here in southern germany the procedure has helped him remain so active if it switched off his symptoms reappear. the brain pacemaker works by sending electrical impulses that block signals from particular parts of the brain deep brain stimulation is now being used to treat patients it earlier and earlier stages of the disease. it's been shown that the life quality of young patients with pacemakers in particular is significantly better than that of young patients who normally receive medicati...