Head, Neck & Throat Mode
Same sharp mind. A new way to speak.
After a laryngectomy or throat surgery, the voice may change or go silent while everything else stays exactly as it was. ExpressAgain gives a fully capable person a fast, expressive way to speak — and, through voice banking done before surgery, a way to keep sounding like themselves.
Why It Works
The mind is intact — give it a full vocabulary.
Losing the voice to throat surgery doesn't touch thinking, language, or personality. So ExpressAgain doesn't stop at basic needs — it opens a rich, well-organized library for real conversation, work, and connection. And because many of these surgeries are planned, there's often a chance to bank the voice beforehand, so the words spoken afterward still carry a familiar sound.
Inside Head, Neck & Throat Mode
For a person who has plenty to say.
Voice Banking
Record your voice in Settings before surgery, and the app can speak in a voice built from your own. The phrase is ready too: I want to record my voice before surgery.
Talking Again
I'm trying to talk, please give me time. Please read my lips. I can hear you, I just can't talk right now. I want to practice my voice — and the whole library beyond it.
Recovery & Care
Please suction my trach, my stoma needs cleaning, my trach tube feels loose, I need humidity, please check my dressing, when is my follow-up visit?
Swallowing & Comfort
I can't swallow, please thicken my drink, can I eat by mouth yet?, my mouth is dry, please give me a mouth rinse, and pain from 0 to 10 with where it hurts.
Treatment Questions
When is my next radiation? My skin burns from radiation. What are my results? What happens next? — clearly and in your words.
Family & Work
Please call my family, I want to go back to work, I miss talking with my friends — and please look at me when you talk to me.
Plan Ahead, Sound Like You
Bank your voice before it changes.
When surgery is on the calendar, there's time to prepare. Voice banking lets ExpressAgain speak your words in a voice made from your own recordings — so recovery doesn't have to mean sounding like a stranger. You're still fully here, and you still sound like you.
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Keep speaking, in your own words.
Head, Neck & Throat Mode is live: choose it in the guided setup and the Head, Neck & Throat phrases open first, built on the same foundation as Aphasia Mode.
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