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Lab Overview
The CNS Speech Lab at the Boston University Department of Cognitive and Neural Systems (also part of CELEST, an NSF Science of Learning Center) is directed by
Prof. Frank Guenther and is funded by grants from the National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD) and National Science Foundation (NSF). The lab includes a number of researchers and graduate research assistants from Boston University, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Harvard University.
The primary goal of the lab is the development, testing, and refinement of a computational modeling framework addressing the neural processes underlying speech. We apply this theoretical framework to study communication disorders and design neural prosthetics in
collaborative projects with
other labs. More information about our research is available on the main research page here.
SpeechLab in the News
Device turns thoughts into speech, Discovery News, December 31, 2009.
Machine translates thoughts into speech in real time, PhysOrg.com, December 21, 2009.
Details of brain-implanted speech synthesizer for locked-in syndrome revealed in new paper, Popular Science, December 15, 2009.
Vocalizations return to paralyzed man, via wireless brain-computer interface, medGadget, December 11, 2009.
Wireless devices may read words in the brain, MSNBC News, December 11, 2009.
Wireless brain-to-computer connection synthesizes speech, Wired Magazine, December 9, 2009.
Brain implant allows mute man to speak, Nature News, November 21, 2008. (Podcast available here.)
Putting thoughts into action: Implants tap the thinking brain, Scientific American Mind, November 2008.
The Rise of the cyborgs, Discover Magazine, October 2008.
The unspeakable oddyssey of the motionless boy, Esquire Magazine, October 2, 2008.
Out of silence, the sounds of hope, Boston Globe, July 27, 2008.
Brain implant helps stroke victim speak again, New Scientist, July 9, 2008.
Decoding neural signals for speech may give voice to the voiceless, MIT Technology Review, July 3, 2008.
Neural implant aims to restore speech to the paralyzed, The Dana Foundation's BrainWork, February 1, 2008.
Scientists seek to help 'locked-in' man speak, CNN, December 14, 2007.
Eavesdropping on brain cells could translate thoughts into speech, New Scientist, November 17, 2007.
Putting blocks in the way of stammering, San Diego Tribune, December 18, 2002.
The Biology of stuttering: Repeat after me, Discover Magazine, July 2002.
From mouth to mind: New insights into how language warps the brain, Scientific American, August 2002.
International Coverage
Device that turns thoughts into sounds developed, MedIndia, January 2, 2010.
Mind-reading brain implant could allow paralysed to turn their thoughts into instant speech, Daily Mail, December 31, 2009.
Medicina hi-tech: il sistema wifi-cervello-pc, Tiscali Europa, December 10, 2009.
Aus dem kopf in den computer, Deutschlandfunk (German national public radio), November 27, 2008. (Audio file of broadcast available here.)
Spraakverlamde kan klinkers zeggen door elektrode in brein, NRC Handelsblad (Dutch national newspaper), November 25, 2008.
Parlare grazie a un elettrodo nel cervello, Il Corriere della Sera (Italian national newspaper), November 24, 2008.
Ringem um worte, Zeit Wissen (German magazine), March 2008.
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