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Texas A&M: Research Lays Groundwork for Restoring Lost Oral Functions With Pacemaker-Like Devices
July 01, 2021
COLLEGE STATION, Texas, July 1 (TNSJou) -- Texas A&M University's College of Engineering issued the following news:

By Vandana Suresh

Even the mundane act of swallowing requires a well-coordinated dance of more than 30 muscles of the mouth. The loss of function of even one of these, due to disease or injury, can be extremely debilitating. For these people, nerve stimulation offers a ray of hope to regain some of their lost oral function.

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