Laurel Joyce | Jan 5, 1992 | 8 min read
Every autumn for the past 22 years, a group has gathered in Washington, D.C., to discuss efforts toward helping the deaf to hear, the paralyzed to walk, and the blind to see. No, they aren't an assembly of televangelists. Rather, they are a group of scientists trying to implant machines into humans to compensate for a variety of disabilities of the nervous system. These congregants from more than 20 disciplines--including materials scientists, neurologists, histopathologists, electrochemists