title: Voice restoration prostheses: the options.
abstract: The development of voice restoration systems means that people requiring laryngectomy have a better chance of being able to speak again after surgery. In the first of two articles the author discusses the surgical procedure and the various devices available. The second article in next week's Nursing Times looks in detail at the benefits of the new Provox 2 system.
authors.affiliation: Freeman Hospital, Newcastle upon Tyne.
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Davidson
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D007825:Laryngectomy / Q000523:psychology* / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D007831:Larynx, Artificial; D011788:Quality of Life