I think of it as what is the overall benefit. For Parkinson's, the DBS will enable them to move and walk. Many advanced patients have tremor but can't move we

I think of it as what is the overall benefit. For Parkinson's, the DBS will enable them to move and walk. Many advanced patients have tremor but can't move well enough to even use a spoon. To me, it seems like a solution that doesn't really see the forest for the trees. Not that the spoon won't be useful in many situations, but I've seen other appliances - walkers with laser cues to try and improve the "freezing of gait" phenomenon, stomach tubes to try and get over the fluctuating levels of medications, all tried. They're nice, they're not invasive, they don't get used. PD is complicated enough that solutions need to get a hold of the "big picture". For ET, it probably would have more of a role but still, what about writing, handling complex controls, etc? The spoon may fix a limited set of problems in all of this, but the bigger picture is what will get a bed bound or wheelchair bound patient back on their feet and doing all the things they need to do in daily life. There are better solutions available for this than just the spoon.