prosthetic speech
Monotonous speech produced by an artificial sound generator, which is required by a patient with a laryngectomy for cancer; electrical artificial larynges have a buzzing sound generator that competes with speech generated through the mouth, and thus is also ‘mechanical’ in natureSegen's Medical Dictionary. © 2012 Farlex, Inc. All rights reserved.
prosthetic speech
ENT Monotonous speech produced by an artificial sound generator, required by Pts with laryngectomies for CA; electrical artificial larynges have a buzzing sound generator that competes with speech generated through the mouth, and thus is also 'mechanical' in nature. See Artificial sound generator. McGraw-Hill Concise Dictionary of Modern Medicine. © 2002 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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Working with their local hub, NHS Innovations North, the team developed the device which measures air pressure in the patient's windpipe, allowing doctors to choose the right
prosthetic speech valve to help patients talk again.
It allows doctors to choose the right
prosthetic speech valve for patients who have had their larynx removed after suffering throat cancer.
The Sunderland air pressure meter allows doctors to choose the right
prosthetic speech valve for patients who have had their larynxes removed.
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