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A Way Back to Everyday Conversation: A Brain Implant Helps Casey Harrell Talk With His Family

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Casey Harrell, who lost his voice to ALS, uses an experimental brain-computer interface every day to talk with his wife, daughter, friends and colleagues. Implanted electrodes send signals to nearby computers, which translate his attempted speech into the words he intends to say.

His daily conversations show that restoring communication can become part of everyday life, although implanted speech-decoding systems remain at an early experimental stage.

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