> It’s no fun recovering from a stroke and relearning to do simple things that were once totally natural. That’s being offset by new video games that refine patients motor skills by having them play games that, for once, actually look fun. It may not be fun—that’…
> I found several news stories about how Florida Hospital Oceanside [http://www.floridahospitalnews.com/ipad-speech-therapy] had been successfully using iPads with an aphasic stroke patient. > Unfortunately, that application allowed the patient to touch an icon and a synthesized voice would communicate simple messages. That's not what…
> Writer Diane Ackerman's husband was a novelist, a poet and a lover of language before he suffered a massive stroke. It left him able to utter only a single syllable. The story of how his wife helped him rediscover language and how their love changed. > When…
> Q. WHAT EXACTLY IS BRAINGATE? > A. It's a way for people who've been paralyzed by strokes, spinal cord injuries or A.L.S. to connect their brains to the outside world. The system uses a tiny sensor that's been implanted into the…