How to Restore Communication in a Paralyzed Brain

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B c i works by targeting movements that people naturally use to express themselves. The bench mark for communication by so control, roughly forty characters per minute, was set in 20 17 and has been doubled since then. Study participant denis de gray who can speak but is paralyzed from the neck down could communicate at 90 characters per minute.

Brain–computer interfaces (BCIs) implanted in the brains of people who are paralysed are allowing them to control prosthetics that are restoring a range of skills.

Although the field is relatively young, researchers are making rapid advances in the abilities that these implants can restore. In the past few years, commercial interest in BCIs has soared, but many hurdles remain before these implants can be brought to market.

This is an audio version of our Feature: The brain-reading devices helping paralysed people to move, talk and touch

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