Ultravoice
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Template:Primarysources UltraVoice is a recently invented (1990) speaking device for laryngectomees, persons who have had their larynx removed because it was cancerous. A miniature battery powered radio is placed in the mouth of the patient who holds a radio transmitter in their hand. Under their control the transmitter sends the basic voice sound into their mouth which they form into speech by moving their tongue, lips and jaw the same way they would had they not undergone surgery.
Recent improvements to the UltraVoice® include: 1. the use of a computer to insert prosody or change the pitch of the speech; 2. a small amplifier to make the speech louder; 3. a whisper mode for speech that sounds soft like a whisper.
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Some of the initial content on this page may be incorporated in part from copyleft sources in the public domain including wikis such as Wikipedia and AskDrWiki. Drug information for patients came from the The National Library of Medicine. Infectious disease information may have come from the Centers for Disease Control (CDC). Differential Diagnoses are drawn from clinicians as well as an amalgamation of 3 sources: 1.The Disease Database; 2. Kahan, Scott, Smith, Ellen G. In A Page: Signs and Symptoms. Malden, Massachusetts: Blackwell Publishing, 2004:3; 3. Sailer, Christian, Wasner, Susanne. Differential Diagnosis Pocket. Hermosa Beach, CA: Borm Bruckmeir Publishing LLC, 2002:7 .
