http://edition.cnn.com/2011/HEALTH/02/09/giffords.recovery/(CNN) -- U.S. Representative Gabrielle Giffords, recovering from a gunshot wound to the head sustained January 8, is regaining part of her ability to speak, her spokesman said Wednesday.
C.J. Karamargin would not divulge what Giffords has said, other than saying she asked for toast.
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Giffords is at TIRR Memorial Hermann rehabilitation hospital in Houston. She was moved there late last month from University Medical Center in Tucson, Arizona, where she was taken after the shooting at a "Congress on Your Corner" event at a Tucson supermarket.
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Giffords' office said she actually spoke her first words before Wednesday morning, but has been speaking more since then.
"The reason for choosing this rehab facility is because of their track record," Karamargin said. "They are doing a fabulous job and working with her language and speech exercise and the physical therapy part of it."
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CNN Chief Medical Correspondent Dr. Sanjay Gupta called it "a very important development" for Giffords.
He noted that Giffords was able to follow commands just after the shooting. One of her doctors told CNN Giffords was able to squeeze his hand when he asked her to just after her arrival at the hospital.
And doctors have also said she has been following commands -- important, Gupta said, because it shows the ability to understand speech and then execute the command.
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