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Lab mentioned in New Electronics
The Lab's intracortical speech BMI research was described alongside other ECoG research for controlling communication devices.
Discovery News piece focuses on Frank Guenther’s speech signal work
A recent Discovery News piece, Device turns thoughts into speech, focused on Frank Guenther's work decoding neural signals into speech sounds via an electrode in the brain of a locked-in patient.
PhysOrg.com Article “Machine translates thoughts into speech in real time”
The work of Frank Guenther's team was highlighted in a PhysOrg.com article, Machine translates thoughts into speech in real time. By implanting an electrode into the brain of a person with locked-in syndrome, Guenther, et al. have demonstrated how to wirelessly transmit neural signals to a speech synthesizer. The "thought-to-speech" process takes about 50 milliseconds - the same amount of time for a non-paralyzed, neurologically intact person to speak their thoughts. The study marks the first successful demonstration of a permanently installed, wireless implant for real-time control of an external device.
Frank Guenther featured in Popular Science
Frank Guenther was recently featured in a Popular Science online article highlighting his work in an article titled: A Wireless Brain-Machine Interface for Real-Time Speech Synthesis.
BU Speech Lab working to give locked-in patient Eric Ramsey a voice again
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