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M-Noremac t1_j5u46sf wrote

Reply to comment by PhasmaFelis in An ALS patient set a record for communicating via a brain implant: 62 words per minute by esprit-de-lescalier

>Even if it works perfectly 98% of the time, that one time in 50 when your "own voice" decides to say something that didn't come from your brain could be terrifying.

Sounds pretty normal to me.

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Zoloft_and_the_RRD t1_j5u9x7r wrote

Right? Even people with intact communication stutter, say the wrong word, say a word wrong, etc.

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Mackitycack t1_j5uhuoz wrote

Ya, my thoughts around this was more so the random weird shit ill most certainly type out loud. It's a struggle to keep my mind in check as it is with mindfulness, meds and meditation... though, I (mostly) filter with my speech, so perhaps it'd work similarly

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