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esophageal speech
noun
, Speech Pathology.
- a technique for producing speech sounds without using the larynx, for people whose larynges are lacking or disabled, by expelling swallowed air that is modified by the tongue, lips, and palate as in normal speech.
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Her vocal chords also were removed, but she learned esophageal speech or "burp talk."
From Seattle Times
Many a laryngectomee begins esophageal speech with cuss words, which have the advantage of being monosyllabic and explosive.
But last week, like the others at the Memphis dinner, Gargan was talking once more�using esophageal speech.
One way or another, Mrs. Doehler and her dedicated colleagues have taught esophageal speech to about half of the estimated 20,000 U.S. laryngectomees.
When cancer cost her her own vocal cords in 1944, Mrs. Doehler not only taught herself esophageal speech but set about perfecting methods of teaching others.
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