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Evening Standard
Evening Standard
Health
Ella Pickover

Device enables paralysed people to speak and move simultaneously using an avatar

A paralysed patient using an avatar to create speech and movement simultaneously (Chang Lab, UCSF) -

Patients with paralysis can speak and move via a virtual avatar when using a new device created by scientists.

The new “brain computer interface” (BCI) is the first which enables speech and movement activities in one device.

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