title: Decoding spoken words using local field potentials recorded from the cortical surface.
abstract: Pathological conditions such as amyotrophic lateral sclerosis or damage to the brainstem can leave patients severely paralyzed but fully aware, in a condition known as 'locked-in syndrome'. Communication in this state is often reduced to selecting individual letters or words by arduous residual movements. More intuitive and rapid communication may be restored by directly interfacing with language areas of the cerebral cortex. We used a grid of closely spaced, nonpenetrating micro-electrodes to record local field potentials (LFPs) from the surface of face motor cortex and Wernicke's area. From these LFPs we were successful in classifying a small set of words on a trial-by-trial basis at levels well above chance. We found that the pattern of electrodes with the highest accuracy changed for each word, which supports the idea that closely spaced micro-electrodes are capable of capturing neural signals from independent neural processing assemblies. These results further support using cortical surface potentials (electrocorticography) in brain-computer interfaces. These results also show that LFPs recorded from the cortical surface (micro-electrocorticography) of language areas can be used to classify speech-related cortical rhythms and potentially restore communication to locked-in patients.
authors.affiliation: Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT 84112, USA.
authors.forename: Spencer
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kellis
authors.forename: Kai
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Miller
authors.forename: Kyle
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Thomson
authors.forename: Richard
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Brown
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: House
authors.forename: Bradley
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Greger
mesh_terms: D000161:Acoustic Stimulation / Q000379:methods; D004569:Electroencephalography / Q000379:methods*; D019054:Evoked Potentials, Motor / Q000502:physiology*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D009044:Motor Cortex / Q000502:physiology*; D013060:Speech / Q000502:physiology*; D013702:Temporal Lobe / Q000502:physiology*
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