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"Dilbert" Creator Gets Voice Back

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the non-medical-miracle dept.

Scott Adams lost his voice 18 months ago to a disorder called Spasmodic Dysphonia. One day, it returned. He is apparently the first person in history to recover from this malady. Read his account. It is inspirational. I can't find any other word for it.

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  1. Re:ffs by Shoeler · · Score: 5, Informative

    Do none of you find any irony in the choosing of a double-entendre topic / icon and a condition like this???

  2. Spasmodic Dysphonia by Dan+Slotman · · Score: 5, Informative

    Wikipedia has a nice article on Spasmodic Dysphonia.

    As the blog indicates, this is thought to be a neurological condition. When I was studying AI as an undergrad, we learned a lot about neural networks. This seems like the sort of thing that could happen if the brain's speech area's neurons somehow became trained to stop delivering impulses for "normal" speech. In this case, it would be theoretically possible to train the network back to normal levels. Of course, it could be something completely different.

    Here's wishing Scott the best.

  3. Enlightened by kdawson · · Score: 5, Informative

    Thanks, I changed this. There really is no perfectly appropriate topic for this story.