When a person forces air through a surgically created valve between the trachea and oesophagus to create a low-pitched, throaty voice….

The use of a battery-powered device (such as an electrolarynx) to create vocal sounds….

Inhaling or injecting air into the top of your oesophagus and then out again to produce a voice after a total laryngectomy….

The part of the larynx that vibrates to produce the sounds required for speech. Also called vocal cords or the glottis….

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