laryngectomy
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To remove the cancerous tissue, surgeons perform an operation called a laryngectomy on many of these patients.
From Time Magazine Archive
Knowing that many laryngectomy patients fail to learn esophageal speech, Kluyskens decided that a new larynx would offer Borremans a great advantage.
From Time Magazine Archive
In his last years he had a serious heart attack and underwent a laryngectomy, which forced him to learn to talk in a hoarse croak.
From Time Magazine Archive
Every time Surgeon Montgomery has done a laryngectomy, he has longed for a way to give the patient something better than this burping speech.
From Time Magazine Archive
Cohen, Dr., on laryngectomy, 302.Solomon on strabismus, 158.South on ligature of aorta, 3.Spence,
From A Manual of the Operations of Surgery For the Use of Senior Students, House Surgeons, and Junior Practitioners by Bell, Joseph
Others had had laryngectomies, or else defective hearing, or learning disabilities, or for an unknown reason had begun speaking much later than was normal.
From "Native Speaker" by Chang-rae Lee
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