Health Editor’s Note: Awesome….this is what medicine and science are all about!!!!!….Carol
Brain Implants Allow Paralyzed Man to Communicate Using His Thoughts
by Margaret Osbourne/Smithsonianmag.com
A fully paralyzed man with ALS, or amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, was able to communicate with doctors and his family using a brain-computer interface that allowed him to spell out words using his thoughts, according to a new study published in Nature Communications.
This research represents the first time a completely paralyzed person regained the ability to communicate at length, explains study author Niels Birbaumer, a former neuroscientist at the University of Tübingen, to the New York Times’s Jonathan Moens.
The patient had previously used eye-tracking technology to talk with family before losing control of eye movements but began working with researchers while he could still talk using that method.
After implanting the patient’s brain with microelectrodes, researchers tried for 86 days to communicate until they decided to try a method called auditory neurofeedback, writes Technology Networks’ Ruairi J Mackenzie.
The process involved researchers showing the patient his brain activity in real time, and the patient learning to change his brain signals, writes Science’s Kelly Servick. The man learned to hit audible target notes by increasing or decreasing his neural activity. A higher tone—increased firing rate of neurons—meant “yes,” while a lower tone meant “no.”
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Carol graduated from Riverside White Cross School of Nursing in Columbus, Ohio and received her diploma as a registered nurse. She attended Bowling Green State University where she received a Bachelor of Arts Degree in History and Literature. She attended the University of Toledo, College of Nursing, and received a Master’s of Nursing Science Degree as an Educator.
She has traveled extensively, is a photographer, and writes on medical issues. Carol has three children RJ, Katherine, and Stephen – one daughter-in-law; Katie – two granddaughters; Isabella Marianna and Zoe Olivia – and one grandson, Alexander Paul. She also shares her life with her husband Gordon Duff, many cats, and two rescues.
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Very interesting, and it has notable symbolic correlations. To be “locked in” a state of non-communication , has long been a major issue, for those who pursue spiritual connection. Many report that when the barrier breaks, it starts with very basic yes or no responses. Different tones, or even a feeling of touch like a tap on the arm have been reported,. Auditory is the next step.
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