Restoring voice function after open diagonal resection of the larynx

[Larynx cancer: quality of life and voice after treatment].

INTRODUCTION Treatments for patients with laryngeal cancer often have an impact on physical, social, and psychological functions. OBJECTIVE To evaluate quality of life and voice in patients treated for advanced laryngeal cancer through surgery or exclusive chemoradiation. METHODS Retrospective cohort study with 30 patients free from disease: ten total laryngectomy patients without productio...

Laryngeal replacement with an artificial larynx after total laryngectomy: the possibility of restoring larynx functionality in the future.

BACKGROUND Most patients perceive total laryngectomy as a mutilation carrying with it a loss of physical and psychological integrity. Thus, an artificial larynx system that can replace the laryngeal functions would significantly improve the quality of life for the afflicted patients. METHODS This report, with accompanying video, presents the first case in an ongoing clinical trial of laryngea...

Restoring function after spinal cord injury.

BACKGROUND By affecting young people during the most productive period of their lives, spinal cord injury is a devastating problem for modern society. A decade ago, treating SCI seemed frustrating and hopeless because of the tremendous morbidity and mortality, life-shattering impact, and limited therapeutic options associated with the condition. Today, however, an understanding of the underlyin...

Restoring Speech Following Total Removal of the Larynx

By speech articulator movement and training a transformation to audio we can restore the power of speech to someone who has lost their larynx. We sense changes in magnetic field caused by movements of small magnets attached to the lips and tongue. The sensor transformation uses recurrent neural networks.

Larynx height and voice source. A relationship?