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Electrode Array with needle-like microelectrodes facing upward
Brain Implant Allows Completely Paralyzed Patient to Communicate
The patient, who has ALS, is able to communicate in complete sentences by deliberately altering his brain’s activity.
Brain Implant Allows Completely Paralyzed Patient to Communicate
Brain Implant Allows Completely Paralyzed Patient to Communicate

The patient, who has ALS, is able to communicate in complete sentences by deliberately altering his brain’s activity.

The patient, who has ALS, is able to communicate in complete sentences by deliberately altering his brain’s activity.

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Artificial Intelligence Decodes Speech from Brain Activity: Study
Lisa Winter | Mar 31, 2020 | 2 min read
The technology, tested out on patients with epilepsy who already had electrodes implanted in their brains, is currently limited to 30–50 sentences.
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Computer Program Converts Brain Signals to a Synthetic Voice
David Adam | Apr 24, 2019 | 2 min read
A proof-of-principle study raises hopes that technology can give a voice to paralyzed people unable to speak.
What the Brain Hears
Edyta Zielinska | Feb 1, 2012 | 1 min read
By recording nerve impulses in sound-processing regions of the brain, researchers can recreate the words people think.
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