After a brain stem stroke left him almost entirely paralyzed in the 1990s, French journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby wrote a book about his experiences—letter by letter, blinking his left eye in response ...

Leah Karlon used a wooden stick to point out a photograph of a dog in a cage as her accented voice told her audience about what she learned while visiting the Animal Rescue Federation. Karlon ...

It was a hard fight to get insurance companies to cover dedicated text-to-speech devices for speech-impaired patients, but it finally happened in 2001, according to a report in The New York Times. Now ...

It’s something that’s easy to take for granted: speaking. For some survivors of throat cancer, using their voice just isn’t possible anymore. Now, a new device is helping some patients reclaim their ...

A soft, wearable neck device that translates silent throat muscle vibrations into audible speech was associated with improved communication fluency and higher patient satisfaction among stroke ...

Living with ALS is difficult enough, but having your only form of communication taken away is even more difficult. That's what happened to one Austin woman after her speaking device was stolen while ...