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Woman’s voice restored after larynx transplant

Posted by: Derya on: January 22, 2011

A woman in the US is able to speak for the first time in 11 years after a pioneering voicebox transplant.Brenda Jensen said the operation, which took place in California, was a miracle which had restored her life.Thirteen days after the surgery she said her first words: “Good morning, I want to go home.”It is the first time a voicebox and windpipe have been transplanted at the same time and only the second time a voice box has ever been transplanted.

via BBC News – Brenda Jensens voice restored after larynx transplant.

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