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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 10, 2023
Filed:
Jul. 01, 2021
Health Research, Inc., Menands, NY (US);
Albany Medical College, Albany, NY (US);
Gerwin Schalk, Glenmont, NY (US);
Anthony L. Ritaccio, Voorheesville, NY (US);
Adriana De Pesters, Coppet, CH;
AmiLyn Taplin, Albany, NY (US);
HEALTH RESEARCH, INC., Menands, NY (US);
ALBANY MEDICAL COLLEGE, Albany, NY (US);
Abstract
Provided is a method for mapping a neural area involved in speech processing, including applying a plurality of recording electrodes to a surface of a cortex of a human subject, presenting a plurality of auditory stimuli to the subject wherein some of the plurality of stimuli are speech sounds and others of the plurality of auditory stimuli are non-speech sounds, recording brain activity during the presenting of the plurality of auditory stimuli, and identifying one or more brain areas wherein activity changes more after presentation of speech sounds than it does after presentation of non-speech sounds, wherein the human subject does not speak during the presenting and the recording. Also provided is a method for mapping a neural area involved in speech production wherein the human subject does not speak during presenting speech stimuli and recording neural activity.