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Brain implant lets ALS patient speak after 3 years as first power user

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Casey Harrell, a person with ALS who has been paralyzed, has been using a brain implant for about three years to regain the ability to speak. The device has achieved 99% accuracy, with over 3,800 hours of at-home use in the first approximately two years. He has been able to

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  • Casey Harrell is an ALS patient who has become the first 'power user' of a brain implant that allows him to speak.Confirmed by multiple sources · ASCII.jp, MIT Technology Review, t3n
  • Harrell received the brain implant approximately three years ago, in 2023, and it has been used for over 3800 hours in the first two years at home.Confirmed by multiple sources · ASCII.jp, t3n
  • The brain implant's speech decoding accuracy has reached 99%.Reported by a single source · ASCII.jp
  • With the implant, Harrell can work, read books to his 7-year-old daughter, and reconnect with estranged family members.Reported by a single source · ASCII.jp
  • The implant is a brain-computer interface with electrodes embedded in Harrell's brain to enable communication.Confirmed by multiple sources · MIT Technology Review, t3n

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