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Woman's Voice Restored After Larynx Transplant

Posted by Soulskill on from the wonder-if-she-sounds-like-herself dept.

mvar writes "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 larynx and windpipe have been transplanted at the same time (image) and only the second time a larynx has ever been transplanted. In October, surgeons at the University of California Davis Medical Center removed the larynx, thyroid gland and 6cm of the trachea from a donor body. In an 18-hour operation, this was transplanted into Ms. Jensen's throat and the team connected it to her blood supply and nerves. Thirteen days later, she was able to speak her first croaky words and is now able to talk easily for long periods of time."

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  1. And so ends by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    The happiest 11 years of one man's life.

  2. Oh noes! by Locke2005 · · Score: 2, Funny

    They can replace Adam's apples now? Now how are we gonna tell the real females from the trannies?

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    1. Re:Oh noes! by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

      So is "cracker" or "whitey" or "nerd" or "douche" and yet nobody gets their dick all bent out of shape for those things. Maybe these trannies just need to grow a pair of balls.

    2. Re:Oh noes! by Locke2005 · · Score: 3, Funny

      Thank you for the wiki reference. I learned 2 things today. (The other thing was that you should never google the word "tranny", especially at work.)

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  3. Re:This raises questions: by I8TheWorm · · Score: 4, Funny

    She sounds like James Earl Jones now. The good news is she also sounded like him before.

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  4. Re:Loving family. by Locke2005 · · Score: 1, Funny

    Actually, I pity her husband. This woman has 11 years worth of complaining she needs to catch up on!

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  5. Re:Donor body?!?! by Trevorm7 · · Score: 3, Funny

    If the donor body was able to talk, we would have a much bigger problem to worry about...