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New brain implants ‘read’ words directly from people’s thoughts

Devices could permit communication from people with paralysis and others unable to speak

An illustration of a woman with the top of her appearing to open on a hinge and her pull a thin white string out of a tangled collection of string where her brain would be

To restore someone’s lost ability to communicate, scientists used experimental brain implants to turn internal speech into external signals.

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By Laura Sanders

- More than 2 years ago

SAN DIEGO — Scientists have devised ways to “read” words directly from brains.