The Artificial Larynx: A Review of Current Technology and a Proposal for Future Development

The loss of speech following a laryngectomy presents substantial challenges, and a number of devices have been developed to assist these patients, ranging from the electrolarynx to the unidirectional valve used in Tracheoesophageal speech. However, all of these devices have concentrated on producing the sound from the patient’s vocal tract.

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