The larynx is a small structure of cartilage that connects the throat to the windpipe. It is located in the front of the neck and houses the vocal cords, producing speech sounds and contributing to ...
Kimberly Quincy, a first-year graduate student in UW’s Division of Communication Disorders, displays a 3D human larynx model she created using an online software program as part of the Make-IT ...
The recurrent laryngeal nerve (RLN) is critical for speech as it provides nerve function to muscles in the larynx, or voice box. People have two RLNs, one on each side of the neck. Instead of ...
Man regains his voice after surgeons perform first known larynx transplant on cancer patient in U.S.
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 box are extremely ...
A Massachusetts man has his voice back after undergoing just the third successful total larynx transplant in the U.S. The Mayo Clinic replaced Marty Kedian's larynx, or voice box, to remove a rare ...
Despite findings of previous studies and published guidelines, nearly two-thirds of patients with T4a larynx ('voice box') cancer are not receiving a total laryngectomy (surgical removal of the larynx ...
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