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Keeping a person's own voice through ALS, Parkinson's, throat surgery and other changes to speech.

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Voice banking and a cloned voice: keeping your own voice through ALS or throat surgery

When ALS or surgery on the throat may take the voice, recording it early can keep it. What voice banking and message banking are, when to start, and how a cloned voice speaks for you later.

September 27, 20265 min read

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Parkinson's communication tips for families: keeping the person in the conversation

A quieter voice and a face that shows less can make a person with Parkinson's drift to the edge of every conversation. Small changes from the people around them bring them back in.

September 27, 20265 min read

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The Parkinson's soft voice: why it happens and the tools that help

When people keep asking a person with Parkinson's to repeat themselves, the problem is rarely the words. It is volume. What therapy offers, and what to look for in a device or an app when the voice needs help.

September 27, 20265 min read

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