An ALS patient set a record communicating through a brain implant: 62 words per minute | MIT Technology Review
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Brain interfaces could let paralyzed people speak at almost normal speeds.
An ALS patient set a record communicating through a brain implant: 62 words per minute | MIT Technology Review Skip to Content Eight years ago, a patient lost her power of speech because of ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease, which causes progressive paralysis. She can still make sounds, but her words have become unintelligible, leaving her reliant on a writing board or iPad to communicate. Now, after volunteering to receive a brain implant, the woman has been able to rapidly communicate phrases like “I don’t own my home” and “It’s just tough” at a rate approaching normal speech. That is the claim i
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