Dr Birbaumer is not alone in his quest to give a voice to the paralysed.
The Beyond the Cardboard movement is a re-envisioning of what it means to give a voice to the voiceless.
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He said he was motivated by the knowledge that he could give a voice to the gays, lesbians and bisexuals serving in the military -- a number estimated at 65, 000 by the Palm Center at the University of California, Santa Barbara, which researches sexual minorities in the military.
There is a huge need and a huge opportunity to get everyone in the world connected, to give everyone a voice and to help transform society for the future.
The Malala Fund has been set up by international organisation Vital Voices, which says it helps give women a voice to promote prosperity and peace in their communities.
He needed someone to galvanize his drifting editorial division and give it a distinctive voice to woo readers and advertisers.
"A committee would give us a single voice and it would give us access to real-time accurate and timely information, and that's just absolutely critical in our ability to protect our claims, " Rathvon said.
But these students, and dozens of other young people interviewed here last week, give voice to a trend that is surprising pollsters and jangling the nerves of Republicans.
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The controversy was sparked by the failure of a measure that sought to give minorities more of a voice in provincial governments.
Govan insists Zumthor's design isn't written in stone, and that there's room for a public voice in a proposal that would give new vision to public art.
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Dozuki isn't just a content management system-it's a community platform that empowers companies to give their expert customers a voice.
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Never give money to a faceless voice over the telephone -- even if you have been impressed by his boss' TV commercials.
For there is nothing like control of money to give a person voice and choice.
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John Dwyer said he wanted to appoint someone with experience of working with young people to give youngsters a voice in policing.
Social and economic changes began to give women a voice and choice.
Forbes is working hard to give advertisers a voice on our site, one that is more closely integrated with the content that journalists and contributors create.
The goal isn't to create a voice mail system for Facebook, but to give users another option for interacting when typing is either impossible or inconvenient.
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To early Europeans, America seemed a world truly new, and their words give voice to the strangeness and wonder of discovery.
But they look to France for the moral (and financial) support they need to give that style a voice.
Later this spring, insurance company Aflac will give its investors the ability to have a voice in its executive compensation packages.
Later this spring, insurance company Aflac (nyse: AFL - news - people ) will give its investors the ability to have a voice in its executive compensation packages.
One reason for such ready acceptance may have been that a Supreme Court veto fitted so well with the whole design and spirit of the constitution itself, whose purpose was as much to control the excesses of popular majorities as to give the people a voice in government decision-making.
He promised to give the parliament a stronger voice in the EU's law-making procedure, receiving warm applause from much of the parliament.
Without a doubt, its voice of despairing outrage will rise to a squeal if the Americans give way to Iraqi and Iranian demands to cut the movement loose.
EU's biggest Muslim population some 5m he also set up a Muslim council to give French Islam an official voice.
If John McCain can pay attention to that voice and give it a place in his campaign, that will be the second best possible outcome of the Mike Huckabee campaign.
Bringing two of Elise's young voice students onstage was a deliberate move by the producers to give Elise some youth appeal -- and I'll take it!
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The Alliance's Naomi Long said that when the police were under extreme pressure it is important all political leaders give their unambiguous support to the rule of law, rather than simply becoming a voice for dissent.
Farmers, a powerful political voice, had demanded that native-title rights on pastoral lands be scrapped altogether to give them more security.
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