These experimental brain implants can restore speech to paralyzed patients

(By Jon Hamilton for NPR)

For Pat Bennett, 68, every spoken word is a struggle.

Bennett has amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a degenerative disease that has disabled the nerve cells controlling her vocal and facial muscles. As a result, her attempts to speak sound like a series of grunts. Continue reading here…

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