DrBob, 🧠MechanicWow 🤩 For Some Patients, the ‘Inner Voice’ May Soon Be Audible
For decades, neuroengineers have dreamed of helping people who have been cut off from the world of language.
A disease like amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, or A.L.S., weakens the muscles in the airway. A stroke can kill neurons that normally relay commands for speaking.
Perhaps, by implanting electrodes, scientists could instead record the brain’s electric activity and translate that into spoken words
