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Brain’s code for pronouncing vowels uncovered: Discovery may hold key to restoring speech after paralysis

August 21, 2012 by

Scientists have unraveled how our brain cells encode the pronunciation of individual vowels in speech. The discovery could lead to new technology that verbalizes the unspoken words of people paralyzed by injury or disease.

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