Brain Implant Helps Woman With ALS Communicate

Over the next eight years, her life would change significantly as the nerves controlling her bodily movements degenerated. She would lose the ability to move her legs, arms, fingers and eventually even her face, leaving her locked inside her body, barely able to communicate with those around her. Breathing would require a mechanical ventilator.

But in 2015, she received a brain implant that would change her life, bringing back the ability to communicate wherever she was in the world.

"The implant gives me freedom, independence and safety," de Bruijne wrote in an email composed on a tablet linked to her implant. "It enables me to enjoy my garden and going outdoors in nature."

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