Functional Neurosurgery News
- – Neurosurgery
A brain-computer interface is making the dream of restoring speech a reality
Brain implants and software developed by Dr. Jaimie Henderson's lab can guide a speech-disabled person’s intended words to the computer screen.
- – News Center
Brain implants, software guide speech-disabled person’s intended words to computer screen
Our brains remember how to formulate words even if the muscles responsible for saying them out loud are incapacitated. A brain-computer hookup is making the dream of restoring speech a reality.
- – Washington Post
Brain chip helps voiceless patient communicate at 62 words per minute
Using brain implants, machine learning and a predictive model, researchers decoded a woman’s attempts to speak at a rate that begins to approach natural conversation.
- – New York Times Magazine
The Man Who Controls Computers With His Mind
16 years ago, Dennis DeGray was paralyzed in an accident. Now, implants in his brain allow him some semblance of control.
- – USA TODAY
After researchers implanted microchips into his brain, a paralyzed man was able to write with his mind
Researchers used artificial-intelligence software and a brain-computer interface to help a man with immobilized limbs to communicate by text.
Videos
PBS News Hour reports on how new technology is allowing people with paralysis to type, just by thinking about it.
Stanford Neurosurgeon, Dr. Jaimie Henderson, tells PBS News Hour about new brain-computing interface technology that is allowing people who are paralyzed to communicate.