WASHINGTON (AP) — A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Transplants of the so-called voice ...
B O S T O N, May 31 -- Twenty years ago, Timothy Heidler was in a motorcycle accident that left him unable to speak. But the first successful larynx surgery in the United States has restored his voice ...
MODESTO, Calif. - After losing her speech more than a decade ago, Brenda Jensen became isolated from friends and was teased for using an electronic device that made her sound like a robot. Today, the ...
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — A 52-year-old woman whose natural voice could have been silenced forever because of vocal cord damage has been able to speak again after undergoing a rare voice box transplant, ...
Brenda Jensen is speaking again, after ten years using an electronic voicebox, thanks to an ambitious larynx transplant. And before you ask—it’s her own voice, and not that of the larynx donor, even ...