Affordable
voice box for cancer patients
Until now, throat cancer patients who lost their voice
boxes had to spend thousands of rupees to implant imported voice boxes. These
imported voice boxes cost them anywhere between Rs.20,000 and Rs.40,000 and
which had to be changed every six months.
But henceforth this would not be the case, because now
Throat cancer patients who lost their voice boxes can regain their voice with
Aum voice prosthesis that costs just around Rs.50.
Aum voice prosthesis is developed by a Bangalore-
based oncologist Dr. Vishal Rao. This artificial voice device that
weighs 25gms enables throat cancer patients, who had their larynx removed, to
speak.
It pretty much works on the principle of the natural
voice box. When air passes through the food pipe, it vibrates and creates a
sound that can be converted into intelligent speech in coordination with the
brain.
Every year, more than 25,000 people in the country are
diagnosed with throat cancer cases and one-third of them face the risk of voice
box removal.
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