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Published online 21 November 2008 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news.2008.1247
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Brain implant allows mute man to speak
Patient with paralysis controls speech synthesizer with his mind.
An electrode implanted into the brain of a man who is unable to move or communicate has enabled him to use a speech synthesizer to produce vowel sounds as he thinks them.
The work could one day help similar patients to produce whole sentences using signals from their brains, say the researchers.
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