By: Hannah Devlin Science correspondent | Scientists create decoder to turn brain activity into speech | Neuroscience | The Guardian
Technology could in effect give voice back to people with conditions such as Parkinson’s
Scientists have developed a decoder that can translate brain activity directly into speech.
In future the brain-machine interface could restore speech to people who have lost their voice through paralysis and conditions such as throat cancer, amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) and Parkinson’s disease.
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