Laryngitis is inflammation of your voice box (larynx). This organ sits in your upper neck, just past the back of your throat. Swelling of your vocal cords muffles sound, and you get hoarse. When you ...

SACRAMENTO, Calif. - A woman whose natural voice could have been silenced forever because of vocal cord damage is able to talk again after undergoing a rare voice box transplant. Brenda Charett Jensen ...

Cancer of the voice box or larynx is an important public health burden. In 2021, there were an estimated 1.1 million cases of laryngeal cancer worldwide, and approximately 100,000 people died from it.

Whispering is usually regarded as a safer way to speak when experiencing hoarseness, a sore throat or throat inflammation as ...

A Massachusetts man has regained his voice after surgeons removed his cancerous larynx and, in a pioneering move, replaced it with a donated one. Transplants of the so-called voice box are extremely ...

Resting your voice, gargling with salt water, using a humidifier, and drinking warm beverages may help soothe your larynx and restore your voice. Treating laryngitis and getting your voice back ...

When advanced throat cancers require removal of the entire voice box, patients can often regain the ability to speak by implanting surgical devices. But these prosthetic voice boxes are expensive, ...