Brain implant allows mute man to speak

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An electrode implanted into the brain of a man with locked-in syndrome has enabled him to use a speech synthesizer to produce vowel sounds as he thinks them. The same team is now working on a chip that can also produce consonants.

Locked-in syndrome is a type of paralysis in which patients are unable to voluntarily move anything but their eyelids. However, they are fully conscious

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Brain electrodes tackle severe depression

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Severely depressed patients who do not respond to conventional therapy may be helped by deep brain stimulation (DBS), according to the most-extensive study to date of the experimental procedure

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Brain electrode therapy designed for obseity found to improve memory; will be tried on Alzheimer's patients

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Memory-prompting abilities of brain stimulation discovered by accident. Electrodes implanted into the brain of a patient undergoing an experimental treatment for obesity have surprisingly improved his memory skills. It will suppress appetite too.

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