Artificial‘Voice Box’ Implant Helps Cancer Patient Speak
An artificial “voice box” has actually supplied long-lasting relief for a throat cancer patient in France
The56- year-old male can now talk with an intelligible whisper and breathe usually, stated lead scientist Nihal Engin Vrana.
The patient, who resides in Alsace, got the implant in2015 He has actually lived well with it for longer than 16 months, stated Vrana, vice president of Protip Medical, the French business that produced the artificial throat.
“This is the first time a patient has had the implant long-term and resumed certain functions such as breathing and voice, thus considerably improving his quality of life,”Vrana stated.
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