If the voice is the primary expression of personality, sarcasm and profanity are essential to Sonya Sotinsky’s.

Cancer of the voice box or larynx is an important public health burden. In 2021, there were an estimated 1.1 million cases of laryngeal cancer worldwide, and approximately 100,000 people died from it.

When doctors told her they had to remove her tongue and voice box to save her life from the cancer that had invaded her mouth, Sonya Sotinsky sat down with a microphone to record herself saying the ...

Marty Kedian, left, and his wife, Gina DeFeudis. Kedian lost the ability to speak because of a rare form of laryngeal cancer. With a voice box transplant, he's now regained that function. “It’s such a ...

When doctors told her they had to remove her tongue and voice box to save her life from the cancer that had invaded her mouth, Sonya Sotinsky sat down with a microphone to record herself saying the ...

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After an oral cancer diagnosis, Sonya Sotinsky had her tongue and larynx removed. She later found a way to deploy an AI-generated voice to express herself, complete with an authentic New Jersey accent ...