A 58-year-old woman from Den Bosch (first AS patient in the world, a hersenimplantaat given that she uses her thoughts to communicate. This is they are now able letters and words to spell.
The breakthrough by the researchers of the UMC Utrecht is considered as a world’s first: never could patients communicate by using just their thoughts. Compared to the New Scientist says the 58-year-old woman, who wanted to remain anonymous, that they are special to be the first. In 2008, she was diagnosed with als, then fast downhill it went. Her ability to talk and even breathe, she lost within a few years.
Before the woman the new implant was, she was depending on a device that they and external relations) with her eyes. However, this worked in practice, not always equally well and could be the long-term issues with it: one in three als patients lose eventually the control over his or her eyes. The new implant is just under the skull made and reads brain activity, to then translate it into a signal which a computer or possibly an electric prosthesis is controlled.
user Friendliness
Although the breakthrough is a step in the right direction, it is still not very user-friendly. It can take a very long time for a patient is a word spelt. At the moment, the woman about twenty seconds to select a letter.
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