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Epilepsy Sparks Insights

Understanding the New Focal Consciousness Classifier - Prof. Sándor Beniczky

04 Dec 2025

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The updated seizure terminology aims to make life easier for everyone both affected by focal seizures and those involved in epilepsy care. In this episode, Prof. Sándor Beniczky breaks down why "consciousness" is now the key term used to describe focal seizures, and how it imporves clarity, consistency, and global usability - benefiting those with with an epilepsy, carers, GPs/physicians, nurses, and specialists alike. We discuss… why focal "awareness” has been retired what "consciousness" means during a seizure the difference between responsiveness and recall why the number of seizure types has been reduced how the update strengthens communication at all levels of care what these changes mean for real clinical practise how shared language supports better decision-making 🔗 More about episode (inc. transcription) 👇🏻 https://www.torierobinson.com/epilepsy-sparks-insights/focal-consciousness-seizures-explained   🌐 More about Sándor 👇🏻 https://www.torierobinson.com/guests/sandor-beniczky   📖 Paper spoken of 👇🏻 https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/epi.18338   👕 Join the Epilepsy Sparks community with our merch 👇🏻 https://epilepsy-sparks.creator-spring.com   🌐 More Epilepsy Sparks Insights 👇🏻 https://www.torierobinson.com/epilepsy-sparks-insights   🎬 Watch the Epilepsy Sparks Insights podcast on YouTube 👇🏻 https://www.youtube.com/@EpilepsySparksInsights    🔗 Don’t understand all the terms used? Check out the Epilepsy Sparks Glossary! 👇🏻 https://www.epilepsysparks.com/glossary   📲 Join us on social media! LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/epilepsy-sparks Bluesky https://bsky.app/profile/epilepsysparks.bsky.social Instagram https://www.instagram.com/epilepsysparks Facebook https://www.facebook.com/epilepsysparks TikTok https://www.tiktok.com/@epilepsysparks  

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