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Background: Technology to restore the ability to communicate in paralyzed persons who cannot speak has the potential to improve autonomy and quality of life. An approach that decodes words and sentences directly from the cerebral cortical activity of such patients may represent an advancement over existing methods for assisted communication.
Methods: We implanted a subdural, high-density, multielectrode array over the area of the sensorimotor cortex that controls speech in a person with anarthria (the loss of the ability to articulate speech) and spastic quadriparesis caused by a brain-stem stroke. Over the course of 48 sessions, we recorded 22 hours of cortical activity while the participant attempted to say individual words from a vocabulary set of 50 words. We used deep-learning algorithms to create computational models for the detection and classification of words from patterns in the recorded cortical activity. We applied these computational models, as well as a natural-language model that yielded next-word probabilities given the preceding words in a sequence, to decode full sentences as the participant attempted to say them.
Results: We decoded sentences from the participant's cortical activity in real time at a median rate of 15.2 words per minute, with a median word error rate of 25.6%. In post hoc analyses, we detected 98% of the attempts by the participant to produce individual words, and we classified words with 47.1% accuracy using cortical signals that were stable throughout the 81-week study period.
Conclusions: In a person with anarthria and spastic quadriparesis caused by a brain-stem stroke, words and sentences were decoded directly from cortical activity during attempted speech with the use of deep-learning models and a natural-language model. (Funded by Facebook and others; ClinicalTrials.gov number, NCT03698149.).
Marquis is among the estimated 1.2 million people in the United States who had little or no hope of walking after a spinal cord injury. Now, though, that grim prognosis is changing for the better. After decades of scant progress, researchers are making major advances in mechanical engineering, computer sciences, rehabilitation medicine, and neurobiology that have spawned a range of possibilities, from implantable devices like the one Marquis uses to Iron Man-like robotic exoskeletons.
One of the paralyzed patients recruited was Jeff Marquis. The researchers implanted an off-the-shelf EES device, originally developed for chronic pain patients, over Marquis' lower spinal cord. Then he began a program of intensive physical therapy, including simulated walking in which therapists moved his legs while his weight was supported by a special device.
In September 2018, the researchers reported their results in a landmark paper in the New England Journal of Medicine. Four subjects regained the ability to stand. Two, including Marquis, were able to walk again. Those participants still need support to maintain their balance, and taking steps requires great effort.
Vocal fold paralysis (also known as vocal cord paralysis) is a voice disorder that occurs when one or both of the vocal folds don't open or close properly. Single vocal fold paralysis is a common disorder. Paralysis of both vocal folds is rare and can be life threatening.
The vocal folds are two elastic bands of muscle tissue located in the larynx (voice box) directly above the trachea (windpipe) (see figure). When you breathe, your vocal folds remain apart and when you swallow, they are tightly closed. When you use your voice, however, air from the lungs causes your vocal folds to vibrate between open and closed positions.
If you have vocal fold paralysis, the paralyzed fold or folds may remain open, leaving the air passages and lungs unprotected. You could have difficulty swallowing or food or liquids could accidentally enter the trachea and lungs, causing serious health problems.
Vocal fold paralysis may be caused by injury to the head, neck, or chest; lung or thyroid cancer; tumors of the skull base, neck, or chest; or infection (for example, Lyme disease). People with certain neurologic conditions such as multiple sclerosis or Parkinson's disease, or who have sustained a stroke, may experience vocal fold paralysis. In many cases, however, the cause is unknown.
Symptoms of vocal fold paralysis include changes in the voice, such as hoarseness or a breathy voice; difficulties with breathing, such as shortness of breath or noisy breathing; and swallowing problems, such as choking or coughing when you eat because food is accidentally entering the windpipe instead of the esophagus (the muscular tube that connects the throat to the stomach). Changes in voice quality, such as loss of volume or pitch, also may occur. Damage to both vocal folds, although rare, usually causes serious problems with breathing.
The most common treatments for vocal fold paralysis are voice therapy and surgery. Some people's voices will naturally recover sometime during the first year after diagnosis, which is why doctors often delay surgery for at least a year. During this time, your doctor will likely refer you to a speech-language pathologist for voice therapy, which may involve exercises to strengthen the vocal folds or improve breath control while speaking. You might also learn how to use your voice differently, for example, by speaking more slowly or opening your mouth wider when you speak. Several surgical procedures are available, depending on whether one or both of your vocal folds are paralyzed. The most common procedures change the position of the vocal fold. These may involve inserting a structural implant or stitches to reposition the laryngeal cartilage and bring the vocal folds closer together. These procedures usually result in a stronger voice. Surgery is followed by additional voice therapy to help fine-tune the voice.
When both vocal folds are paralyzed, a tracheotomy may be required to help breathing. In a tracheotomy, an incision is made in the front of the neck and a breathing tube is inserted through an opening, called a stoma, into the trachea. Rather than occurring through the nose and mouth, breathing now happens through the tube. Following surgery, therapy with a speech-language pathologist helps you learn how to use the voice and how to properly care for the breathing tube.
The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) supports research studies that explore the causes of vocal fold paralysis as well as better ways to treat the disorder. One surgical procedure, called medialization laryngoplasty, inserts a structural implant into the larynx to return voice quality. However, close to a quarter of the people who receive this treatment must return for repositioning surgery to fine-tune the placement of the implant. An NIDCD-supported researcher currently is developing a pre-operative planning system that uses 3-D computer modeling to determine the best location for, and configuration of, the implant. The surgery also uses an image-guided system that allows the surgeon to visualize the precise location of the vocal fold to ensure exact placement of the implant. Researchers hope this new system will reduce the need for repeated surgeries and lower the cost and risk of surgical complications from the procedure.
The NIDCD also has been supporting a decades-long project to develop an electrical stimulation technology to help people avoid having a tracheotomy when both vocal folds are paralyzed. The device, which currently is being tested in animals and people, uses an implanted pacemaker to stimulate laryngeal nerves. This returns mobility to the vocal folds so that they can open to allow breathing and close to allow speaking and swallowing.
The NIDCD maintains a directory of organizations that provide information on the normal and disordered processes of hearing, balance, taste, smell, voice, speech, and language. Please see the list of organizations at www.nidcd.nih.gov/directory.
Every year, 17,810 people in America are left paralyzed by motor vehicle crashes, falls, gunshot wounds and other traumas. One lapse in judgment or simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time can have life-long repercussions.
No one knows that better than the doctors at VCU Health who meet and treat paralyzed people in their practices. And their experience has led them to reexamine existing treatments for the chronic pain and muscular atrophy that people without mobility in their legs experience.
Now, the Department of Defense (DoD) has awarded two VCU scientists grants totaling more than $7 million for their research. In collaboration with local, national and international partners, their research teams will study the effects of virtual reality on chronic pain and the use of exoskeletons, plus epidural stimulation, to improve the quality of life for paralyzed people.
The DoD awarded her team $3.7 million under its spinal cord injury research portfolio. The plan is to enroll 200 patients across three sites: VCU, the University of Alabama at Birmingham and the University of New South Wales in Australia. The government of Australia recently contributed $2.5 million to the project as well.
In an earlier study, Gorgey monitored the use of the exoskeleton on a patient who had had the epidural stimulation procedure and was surprised by the promising results after only 12 weeks of training.
Of dozens of applicants, both clinical trial awards for spinal cord injury from the DoD's Congressionally Directed Medical Research Programs went to VCU researchers this year. Trost began the application while working at the University of Alabama at Birmingham, before moving to VCU earlier this year.
The grants, announced in February, are for four years, with recruitment expected to begin in September. Some of the exoskeleton research will be based at the VA, where Gorgey is the director of research for spinal cord injury and disorders for the Central Virginia VA Health Care System.
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